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  2. G-type main-sequence star - Wikipedia

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    A G-type main-sequence star (spectral type: G-V), also often, and imprecisely, called a yellow dwarf, or G star, is a main-sequence star (luminosity class V) of spectral type G. Such a star has about 0.9 to 1.1 solar masses and an effective temperature between about 5,300 and 6,000 K (5,000 and 5,700 °C; 9,100 and 10,000 °F). Like other main ...

  3. Stellar classification - Wikipedia

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    Stability, luminosity, and lifespan are all factors in stellar habitability. Humans know of only one star that hosts life, the G-class Sun, a star with an abundance of heavy elements and low variability in brightness. The Solar System is also unlike many stellar systems in that it only contains one star (see Habitability of binary star systems).

  4. B-type main-sequence star - Wikipedia

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    A B-type main-sequence star (B V) is a main-sequence (hydrogen-burning) star of spectral type B and luminosity class V. These stars have from 2 to 16 times the mass of the Sun and surface temperatures between 10,000 and 30,000 K. [1] B-type stars are extremely luminous and blue.

  5. Glossary of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    A-type star In the Harvard spectral classification system, a class of main-sequence star having spectra dominated by Balmer absorption lines of hydrogen. Stars of spectral class A are typically blue-white or white in color, measure between 1.4 and 2.1 times the mass of the Sun, and have surface temperatures of 7,600–10,000 kelvin.

  6. Solar analog - Wikipedia

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    Metallicity of 89–112% (± 0.05 dex) of that of the Sun, meaning the star's proplyd would have had almost exactly the same amount of dust for planetary formation; No stellar companion, because the Sun itself is a solitary star; An age within 1 billion years from that of the Sun (3.6 to 5.6 Ga) Other Sun parameters: [54]

  7. Initial mass function - Wikipedia

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    For example, the initial mass of a star is the primary factor of determining its colour, luminosity, radius, radiation spectrum, and quantity of materials and energy it emitted into interstellar space during its lifetime. [1] At low masses, the IMF sets the Milky Way Galaxy mass budget and the number of substellar objects that form.

  8. Sigma Sagittarii - Wikipedia

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    Sigma Sagittarii has a spectrum matching a stellar classification of B2.5 V, [4] which indicates this is a B-type main-sequence star.Its total luminosity is 3,300 [16] times that of the Sun while it has a surface temperature of 18,890 K. [9] X-ray emission has been detected from this star, which has an estimated X-ray luminosity of 1.2 × 10 28 erg s −1.

  9. F-type main-sequence star - Wikipedia

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    Disc of debris around an F-type star, HD 181327. [1] An F-type main-sequence star (F V) is a main-sequence, hydrogen-fusing star of spectral type F and luminosity class V. These stars have from 1.0 to 1.4 times the mass of the Sun and surface temperatures between 6,000 and 7,600 K. [2] Tables VII and VIII.