Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition Season 1 Episode 45 The Diverse Sizes of Stars

October 19, 2023
30 min

This lecture discusses the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a plot of stellar surface temperature versus luminosity that contains a wealth of information. Stars spend most of their existence on the diagram's well-defined main sequence; outliers include supergiants and white dwarfs.

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