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Size of A Star

The document describes different types of stars categorized by size, including: - Neutron stars, which are dense cores 4-8 times the sun's size with gravity 12 billion times stronger than Earth. - White dwarfs, which are small and dense cores the size of Earth but with mass similar to the sun. - Red dwarfs, which are larger than white dwarfs and abundant in the Milky Way. - Yellow dwarfs like our sun, which are in the main sequence stage and larger than red dwarfs. - Blue giants, orange giants, and red giants, which increase in size and decrease in surface temperature. - Blue and red supergiants and hypergiants, which are among

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Size of A Star

The document describes different types of stars categorized by size, including: - Neutron stars, which are dense cores 4-8 times the sun's size with gravity 12 billion times stronger than Earth. - White dwarfs, which are small and dense cores the size of Earth but with mass similar to the sun. - Red dwarfs, which are larger than white dwarfs and abundant in the Milky Way. - Yellow dwarfs like our sun, which are in the main sequence stage and larger than red dwarfs. - Blue giants, orange giants, and red giants, which increase in size and decrease in surface temperature. - Blue and red supergiants and hypergiants, which are among

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Size of a star

a. Neutron Star
- consists of a small, dense core which came from the explosion of a bigger star.
-4-8 times bigger than the sun but its size is not enough to form a blackhole.
-The gravity=12 billion times stronger than the Earth’s gravity.
Caldera
-The nearest Neutron star on earth.
b. White Dwarf Star
- small, hot, dense core of a big star that has exploded.
-no longer burns hydrogen and is concidered degenerate.
-identical to earth’s size;
- similar to the mass of the sun
Sirius B
-An example of a white dwarf
c. Red Dwarf
- larger than white dwarf stars
-They are abundant in the milky way galaxy.
-Considered as an M-Type or M-Class star and is in its main sequence stage
-Less massive than the sun and the white dwarf
Proxima Centauri
-Most common red dwarf
d. Yellow Dwarf
-are in the main sequence stage of the lifecycle
They are identified as a class G in spectral type
-It is larger than the red dwarf and white dwarf stars
Sun
-Example of a Yellow Dwarf Star
e. Blue Giant
-Blue giant stars are large and dense; bigger than dwarf stars bit are the smallest among giant stars.
-burn hydrogen at the core faster.
- produce 10,000 times more energy than the sun and exude greater luminosity.
-some of the rarest stars in the galaxy, they appear less than the dwarfs and the other
giants
Alcyone
-An example of a blue giant.
f. Orange Giant
- larger than blue giants.
-The orange light coming from these giants indicates that the surface temperature is lower than
those of stars in the main sequence stage.
Pollux
-An example of an Orange Giantg.
Red Giant
-100 million km to 1 billion km diameter,
radii = between 50 million km to 500 million km.
- much cooler even tho they are about a thousand times larger than the
sun. They have lighter mass than others but have high luminosity.
-In late stages of the star cycle and may soon burn all of the hydrogen at the core.
Gamma Crucis
-a good example of a red giant.
h. Blue Supergiant
- some of the hottest and most luminous stars in the galaxy.
- smaller compared to other supergiants.
-approximately 20 times larger than
the sun, producing a bluish-white light caused by the burning of hydrogen, the pressure of
radiation, and the convection currents within them.
Rigel
-a good example of a blue supergiant,
-the brightest star in the Orion constellation.

i. Red supergiant
- have expanded to a size nearly a thousand times bigger than the sun.
-The most massive suns turn into red supergiants once they have burned all the hydrogen into
their core.
Betelgeuse
-example of a red supergiant.
j. Blue hypergiant
-the smallest among the hypergiants but also the hottest star, producing
the most energy among all identified stars in the universe.
- 150 times larger than the sun and release about 4 million
times more energy.
k. Red Hypergiant
- An extremely luminous
-1,500 – 1,600 times larger than the sun.
- have very short lifespans
- the largest discovered stars in the universe.
- produce much less energy than most stars.
VY Canis Majoris
-is an example of a Red Hypergiant

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