AE Aurigae Comparison Table

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AE Aurigae comparison table

Subject has spectral type is part of has surface temperature is an instance of has rotation velocity has color has symbol has absorption line has relative abundance has lifetime is a kind of has synonym has definition has luminosity class

dwarf greater than 1000 Kelvin d star main sequence star Star with mass equal to or less than that of the sun. More generally, any star on or below the main sequence in the Hertzprung-Russell diagram. V

O star O, B, A, and early F 35000 K very high blue-white He II rare 3 to 6 million years early star Very hot blue star, whose spectra is dominated by the lines of singly ionized helium (see Pickering series). (Most other lines are from at least doubly ionized elements, though H and He I lines are also present.) O stars are useful because they are found in dust clouds and virtually define the spiral arms.

runaway star O star, B star greater than 1000 Kelvin early star Star of spectral type O or early B with unusually high space velocities. Runaway stars are thought to be produced when there is a supernova explosion in a close binary system.

AE Aurigae O9.5 V Auriga 35000 K dwarf very high blue-white d He II rare 3 to 6 million years main sequence star Runaway star which diverges from a comparatively small area in Orion. V

Subject	has spectral type	is part of	has surface temperature	is an instance of	has rotation velocity	has color	has symbol	has absorption line	has relative abundance	has lifetime	is a kind of	has synonym	has definition	has luminosity class
dwarf			greater than 1000 Kelvin				d				star	main sequence star	Star with mass equal to or less than that of the sun. More generally, any star on or below the main sequence in the Hertzprung-Russell diagram.	V
O star	O, B, A, and early F		35000 K		very high	blue-white		He II	rare	3 to 6 million years	early star		Very hot blue star, whose spectra is dominated by the lines of singly ionized helium (see Pickering series). (Most other lines are from at least doubly ionized elements, though H and He I lines are also present.) O stars are useful because they are found in dust clouds and virtually define the spiral arms.
runaway star	O star, B star		greater than 1000 Kelvin								early star		Star of spectral type O or early B with unusually high space velocities. Runaway stars are thought to be produced when there is a supernova explosion in a close binary system.
AE Aurigae	O9.5 V	Auriga	35000 K	dwarf	very high	blue-white	d	He II	rare	3 to 6 million years		main sequence star	Runaway star which diverges from a comparatively small area in Orion.	V

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