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O star

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[oh stahr] / ˈoʊ ˌstɑr /

noun

  1. a very hot, massive, blue star of spectral type O, having a surface temperature between 30,000 and 50,000 K and an absorption spectrum with few lines, though the Balmer series of hydrogen lines is present and lines of ionized helium are detectable.


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Given what you learned about the temperature ranges of these types of stars, how many times hotter than our Sun is the hottest type O star?

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Estimating the luminosity class of an M star is much more important than measuring it for an O star if you are determining the distance to that star.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Our Sun, a type G star, has a surface temperature of 5800 K. We know, therefore, that it is cooler than a type O star and hotter than a type M star.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

O sun," cried the prophet, "O star that art too great to be allowed among the stars!

From The Innocence of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

O star of light and O sun in harvest; O amber hair, O my share of the world!

From The Kiltartan Poetry Book; prose translations from the Irish by Gregory, Lady

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