Harvard spectral classification

ID: harvard-spectral-classification

The stellar temperature sequence O, B, A, F, G, K, M, with numerical subclasses approximately from hotter 0 to cooler 9 within each letter class. Spectral features follow temperature-dependent excitation, ionization and molecule survival, not a corresponding change in the bulk hydrogen abundance. A separate luminosity class describes gravity-sensitive spectral differences.

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