yellow giant Comparison Table

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yellow giant comparison table

Subject has surface temperature is a kind of has luminosity class has spectral type has definition has color

G star 5000 to 6000 K late star cooler than G2 Yellowish star in which the H and K lines of Ca II have become dominant and in which a tremendous profusion of spectral lines of both neutral and ionized metals, particularly iron, begins to show. The Balmer lines of hydrogen are still recognizable. Examples are the Sun and Capella. yellowish

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

yellow giant 5000 to 6000 K G star III cooler than G2 A giant star with a spectral type of G. The nearest and brightest yellow giants are the two composing the double star Capella. yellowish

Subject	has surface temperature	is a kind of	has luminosity class	has spectral type	has definition	has color
G star	5000 to 6000 K	late star		cooler than G2	Yellowish star in which the H and K lines of Ca II have become dominant and in which a tremendous profusion of spectral lines of both neutral and ionized metals, particularly iron, begins to show. The Balmer lines of hydrogen are still recognizable. Examples are the Sun and Capella.	yellowish
giant	greater than 1000 Kelvin	star	III		High-luminosity star that lies above the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
yellow giant	5000 to 6000 K	G star	III	cooler than G2	A giant star with a spectral type of G. The nearest and brightest yellow giants are the two composing the double star Capella.	yellowish

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