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What are O class stars?

Updated: 9/17/2023
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O Class stars have the following characteristics.

  • Temperature: > 30,000 Kelvin
  • Colour: Blue
  • Mass: > 16 Solar masses
  • Radius: >6.6 Solar radius
  • Luminosity: > 30,000 Solar luminosities.
  • Rarity: 0.00003% of all main sequence stars.
Example: Zeta Orionis

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