Red giants. They are medium and large stars that have used up all of their hydrogen and gave begun burning the helium. They begin to expand while they are in their "dying" phase. They will ultimately become a white dwarf if they were a medium sized star during their main sequence, or they will become a black hole or a neutron star if they were a large star during their main sequence.
Large cool stars are classified as either K or M type stars on the spectral classification scale, with M stars being cooler and redder than K stars. These stars are part of the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and have surface temperatures lower than 5,000 K.
Correct. M-type stars on the main sequence are called red dwarfs.
"main sequence" is the tern.
About 90% of all stars are main sequence stars, including our Sun. These stars are in the stable phase of their lifecycle, where they fuse hydrogen into helium in their cores. Main sequence stars are the most common type of stars found in the universe.
Most stars are plotted along the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram, which extends diagonally from the upper left (hot and luminous stars) to the lower right (cool and less luminous stars). This is because the majority of stars, including our Sun, spend the majority of their lives in the main sequence phase where they are fusing hydrogen into helium.
No. Main sequence stars are simply stars that are fusing hydrogen into helium and have a specific relationship between color and luminosity. They range from red dwarfs to large O-type main sequence stars.
None of them are cool and dim; the one in the white/black dwarfs are cool and dim.
Large cool stars are classified as either K or M type stars on the spectral classification scale, with M stars being cooler and redder than K stars. These stars are part of the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and have surface temperatures lower than 5,000 K.
No. All stars are hot. For stars on the main sequence, the largest it is, the hotter it is. When a star leaves the main sequence to become a giant or supergiant it will cool down, but will remain hot enough to glow brightly.
There are billions of stars that are not on the main sequence.
The lower right part of the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram contains the stars that took the longest to reach the main sequence. These stars are low mass and cool, so they undergo a longer contraction phase before they start fusing hydrogen in their cores and settle onto the main sequence.
Correct. M-type stars on the main sequence are called red dwarfs.
The smallest stars in the main sequence are the stars with cooler surface temperatures.
"main sequence" is the tern.
main sequence stars , our sun is also a main sequence star
No. They have the lowest temperatures on the main sequence. The hottest main sequence stars are blue.
T Tauri stars are pre-Main Sequence stars which are large but not as hot as O and B Main Sequence stars. They mainly fall in the categories of F, G, K or M, and they are not yet on the Main Sequence because they are still accreting mass and are still very young and unstable.