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Population 1 stars are luminous. They include the Sun and are hot and young stars. These types are usually found in spiral galaxies. Population 2 stars are found in nucleuses of galaxies and globular galaxies. These stars are older and usually cooler than the population 1 ones.

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The main difference between Population-I and population-II stars is that, population-I stars are young and recently formed starts in the galaxy, they contain an abundance of heavy elements; whereas population-II stars are old and highly evolved and generally lack in heavy elements.

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