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Record 1 1978-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
OBS

A conspicuous sequence of red stars with large radii in the H-R diagram of a typical globular cluster that extends from the main-sequence turnoff point upward and redward to the red-giant tip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
OBS

La plupart des points se placent au voisinage de deux courbes régulières, constituant ainsi deux familles d'étoiles. Dans la première, appelée "série principale", l'intensité lumineuse diminue graduellement de la classe O à la classe M; dans la seconde, appelée "branche des géantes", elle reste grande dans toutes les classes spectrales, de F à M.

Spanish

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