red giant
Stars can be both cooler and brighter or hotter and dimmer than the Sun, depending on their size and age. Generally, larger and younger stars are hotter and brighter than the Sun, while smaller and older stars can be cooler and dimmer.
The star is likely a giant or supergiant star, which are larger and brighter than main sequence stars like our Sun. These stars have exhausted their core hydrogen fuel and expanded in size. Examples include Betelgeuse and Rigel in the Orion constellation.
In terms of absolute magnitude, a larger hotter star will necessarily be more luminous than a smaller cooler star. However, if a smaller cooler star is much closer to us than a larger hotter star, it may appear to be brighter. None of this has anything to do with the HR diagram.
The smallest stars in the main sequence are the stars with cooler surface temperatures.
No. Larger stars are generally brighter. Blue giants are the brightest stars while red dwarves are the faintest.
As they get hotter, they usually get brighter.
Two types of stars that can form from nebula are main sequence stars, like our Sun, and giant stars, which are larger and brighter than main sequence stars. Main sequence stars fuse hydrogen into helium in their cores, while giant stars have expanded and evolved from the main sequence phase.
Larger stars, often referred to as "giants" or "supergiants," may have higher luminosities due to their massive size, but they can be cooler in terms of surface temperature compared to smaller stars like main-sequence stars. This is primarily because larger stars have expanded and evolved off the main sequence, leading to a decrease in surface temperature as they burn their nuclear fuel more rapidly. Additionally, their outer layers become less dense and more diffuse, which can also contribute to lower temperatures despite their overall energy output.
Brightness is related to distance. However, from the same distance, an O class star is much much brighter than a M class star. As a comparison, an O class star would appear about 100,000 times brighter than our Sun, whereas a M class star could appear 0.0017 dimmer than our Sun, if the Sun was replaced with each star.
No. Stars are much larger than planets or moons. Stars are suns, some larger and brighter than our own.
Blue stars are more luminous than other main sequence stars but not necessarily brighter than giant and supergiant stars.
Stars are more brighter than other stars because they have different characteristics that affect their luminosity. Luminosity is the amount of energy that a star emits per unit of time. It depends on the star's size, temperature, and distance from the observer. Some of the factors that make stars more brighter than other stars are: Size: Larger stars have more surface area and can emit more light than smaller stars. Temperature: Hotter stars have higher energy and can emit more light than cooler stars. Distance: Closer stars appear brighter than farther stars because their light has less space to travel and lose intensity.