From: aebrain@a...
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 10:15:49 +1100
Subject: Re: M class Stars not planets
> Hiya, Or even "Wendy, Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me Right Now Sweetie." W are the rare Wolf-Rayet class, twice as hot as O's. R,N,S are various forms of Red Giants, not so much stars as thin clouds of hot to lukewarm gas. > From http://www.stellar-database.com/fields.html Spectral class Temperature Color O5 40 000 K blue B0 27 000 K blue-white B5 16 000 K A0 10 000 K white A5 8 200 K F0 7 200 K yellow-white F5 6 700 K G0 6 000 K yellow G2 5 800 K (our sun) G5 5 500 K K0 5 100 K orange K5 4 300 K M0 3 700 K red M5 3 000 K (These temperatures are in Kelvins. To convert from Kelvins (K) to degrees Celsius (°C), just subtract 273.) The Stellar database http://www.stellar-database.com/ has some good info, including "comfort zones", or how far away a planet should be in AU (Astronomical Units) to be Earthlike. Earth is 1 AU away from Sol. If you want random systems, have a look at http://www.bcholmes.org/rpgs/WorldGeneration1.html Finally, and this bit has nothing to do with the subject, a hilarious site I found while doing a little research on the above: http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/profquot.html