M class Stars not planets

1 posts · Nov 6 2001

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