Concept information
Preferred term
Early-type stars
Definition
- Hot, luminous stars of spectral type O, B, A, and F0 to F5. They were originally thought, wrongly, to be at an earlier stage of evolution than late-type stars. (en)
Broader concept
- Stellar types (en)
Narrower concepts
- A stars (en)
- B stars (en)
- Early-type emission stars (en)
- Early-type supergiant stars (en)
- Early-type variable stars (en)
- Faint blue stars (en)
- OB stars (en)
- O stars (en)
Entry terms
- Early type stars (en)
- Hot stars (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/430
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