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Ae star comparison table

Subject	has surface temperature	is a kind of	has absorption line	has spectral type	has definition	has color
A star	10000 K	early star	H I	O, B, A, and early F	Star with spectral type A in which the spectrum of the Balmer lines of hydrogen attain their greatest strength. Helium lines can no longer be seen. Some metallic lines are present; in late A stars the H and K lines of ionized calcium appear. A0 stars have a color index of zero.	white
emission line star	greater than 1000 Kelvin	star
Ae star	10000 K	A star	H I		A-type star with emission in one or several Balmer lines.	white

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