white giant Comparison Table

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white giant comparison table

Subject has surface temperature is a kind of has absorption line has luminosity class 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

giant greater than 1000 Kelvin star III High-luminosity star that lies above the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.

white giant 10000 K A star H I III A giant star of spectral type A. Some RR Lyrae stars are white giants. white

Subject	has surface temperature	is a kind of	has absorption line	has luminosity class	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
giant	greater than 1000 Kelvin	star		III		High-luminosity star that lies above the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
white giant	10000 K	A star	H I	III		A giant star of spectral type A. Some RR Lyrae stars are white giants.	white

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