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Basically, the stars on the "Main Sequence" are the ones that fuse hydrogen-1 into helium-4. Once a star burns up its hydrogen-1 fuel, or doesn't have much left, it will start burning helium-4 into heavier elements. It is then that the star leaves the "Main Sequence".

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