Temperature-Spectral Class-Color Index Relationships for Main
ASTRONOMY SURVIVAL NOTEBOOK Stellar Evolution SESSION FOURTEEN: THE EVOLUTION OF STARS Approximate Characteristics of Several Types of MAIN SEQUENCE STARS Mass in Contraction Surface Luminosity M Years on Radius Class Comparison to Zero Age Temp. compared Absolute Main in to Sun Main Sequence (K) to sun Magnitude Sequence suns Not well known O6 29.5 10 Th 45,000 140,000 -4.0 2 M 6.2 mid blue super g O9 22.6 100 Th 37,800 55,000 -3.6 4 M 4.7 late blue super g B2 10.0 400 Th 21,000 3,190 -1.9 30 M 4.3 early B5 5.46 1 M 15,200 380 -0.4 140 M 2.8 mid A0 2.48 4 M 9,600 24 +1.5 1B 1.8 early A7 1.86 10 M 7,920 8.8 +2.4 2 B 1.6 late F2 1.46 15 M 7,050 3.8 +3.8 4 B 1.3 early G2 1.00 20 M 5,800 1.0 +4.83 10 B 1.0 early sun K7 0.53 40 M 4,000 0.11 +8.1 50 B 0.7 late M8 0.17 100 M 2,700 0.0020 +14.4 840B 0.2 late minimum 2 Jupiters Temperature-Spectral Class-Color Index Relationships for Main-Sequence Stars Temp 54,000 K 29,200 K 9,600 K 7,350 K 6,050 K 5,240 K 3,750 K | | | | | | | Sp Class O5 B0 A0 F0 G0 K0 M0 Co Index (UBV) -0.33 -0.30 -0.02 +0.30 +0.58 +0.81 +1.40 1.
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