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Supergiant

Supergiants are among the most massive and most luminous stars. Supergiant stars occupy the top region of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, with absolute visual magnitudes between about −3 and −8. The temperatures of supergiant stars range from about 3,400 K to over 20,000 K.

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related to Spectral luminosity class · 18
Supergiant → Although, Antonia, B2 Iae, Because, Cygni, F5 Ipec, Ia, Iab, Ib, In, Keenan, Maury, MK, Morgan, Supergiants, The, The MK, This
related to Categorisation of evolved stars · 15
Supergiant → AGB, Asymptotic-giant-branch, For, Herculis, Ia, Many, Mira, Others, RV Tauri, Some AGB, Specialists, Sun, The, There, Virginis
related to Variability · 14
Supergiant → AGB, Alpha Cygni, Cepheid, Coronae Borealis, Further, Many, Possibly, PV Tel, PV Telescopii, RV Tau, RV Tauri, Sun, The, While
related to Well-known examples · 14
Supergiant → Antares, Betelgeuse, Cepheid, Cygnus, Delta Cephei, Deneb, Garnet Star, Orion, Orion's Belt, Polaris, Rho Cassiopeiae, Rigel, Supergiants, VV Cephei
related to Chemical abundances · 10
Supergiant → AGB, At, CNO, Cool, Helium, Late-phase AGB, OH, Red, Supergiants, The
related to Definition · 9
Supergiant → Another, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Hertzsprung, One, Russell, Subsequently, Supergiants, The, These
related to Properties · 9
Supergiant → Also, Boltzmann, Mbol, Radiation, Stars, Sun, Supergiants, The Stefan, They
related to Supernova progenitors · 9
Supergiant → Almost, Most Type II, Much, Rayet, Stars, The, Type Ib/c, Type II Supernova, Wolf
related to Temperature · 9
Supergiant → Although, B0-2, G-type, O9, Supergiants, The, There, This, VX Sagittarii
related to Evolutionary supergiants · 8
Supergiant → AGB, Once, Stars, Sun's, Supergiants, The, They, Type II

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stars supergiants luminosity luminous spectral red massive helium main-sequence blue surface elements hydrogen class evolved yellow star agb variables luminosities

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Iab are used for intermediate-luminosity supergiantsinstance ofand classifications0.80text
W Virginis itselfinstance ofmost notably W Virginis variables0.80text
stars that are executing a blue loop triggered by thermal pulsinginstance ofmost notably W Virginis variables0.80text
microturbulenceinstance ofalthough such stars are also affected by other properties0.80text
VX Sagittarii.Although supergiants exist in every class from O to Minstance ofthere are potential exceptions among extreme stars0.80text
the majority are spectral type Binstance ofthere are potential exceptions among extreme stars0.80text
Cepheid pulsationsinstance ofoften due to instability0.80text
the RV Tauri variablesinstance ofhighly expanded and unstable low-mass stars0.80text
W Virginis variables may be given a supergiant classificationinstance ofbut particularly unstable stars0.80text
Alpha Cygni variablesinstance of3.VariabilityWhile most supergiants0.80text
semiregular variablesinstance of3.VariabilityWhile most supergiants0.80text
and irregular variables show some degree of photometric variabilityinstance of3.VariabilityWhile most supergiants0.80text

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