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If you are faced with multiple choice, it is NOT, "The Extreme Lower End of the Main Sequence."

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What is the relationship between luminosity and temperature for main sequence stars?

On such a diagram, those stars lie on a curve called the "main sequence". It is not a simple relationship - for example, it isn't a straight line on the diagram. Therefore, it isn't easy to describe in words. It's best if you look up "Main sequence", for example on the Wikipedia, and look at the corresponding diagram.


Henry Norris Russell and Ejnar Hertzprung?

In the early 20th century, Danish astrophysicist Ejnar Hertzsprung and American astrophysicist Henry Norris Russell independently developed a graph now known as the Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram, which plots absolute brightness against spectral type. In this diagram, the brightest stars lie near the top of the diagram and the hottest stars lie to the left. On the H-R diagram, most of the stars, including the Sun, fall along a diagonal line that goes from the upper left to the lower right of the diagram. This line called the main sequence.The great majority of stars neighboring the Sun fall on the lower part of the H-R diagram's main sequence, and relatively few lie on the portion of the main sequence above the Sun. This means that most of the Sun's neighboring stars are both cooler and fainter (in absolute magnitude) than the Sun. A smaller population of brighter but cooler stars known as supergiants occupies the uppermost region of the diagram. Some stars, which are difficult to discover because they are so intrinsically faint, lie near the bottom of the H-R diagram. These faint stars are called white dwarfs.


Why is there no neurton stars in the hr diagram?

Of course they are on the HR diagram. They are simply not on the main sequence.


What diagram classifies stars on a temperature- luminosity graph?

Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram classifies stars based on their luminosity (brightness) and temperature. This diagram allows astronomers to categorize stars into main sequence, giants, supergiants, white dwarfs, and other classes based on their positions in the diagram. It provides insights into the life cycle and evolutionary stage of stars.


Why is the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram called a color magnitude diagram?

One axis has the color, the other the magnitude.