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B-type star

(B, B-class star)
(star with spectral characteristics of around 10000-30000 K)

A B-type star is a star within the B-class, a spectral class indicating stars with neutral helium and moderate hydrogen absorption lines, a blue-white color, and a surface temperature in the general range of 10,000 K to 30,000 K. The spectral energy distribution (SED) peaks in the ultraviolet. Main sequence stars of this class are on the order of 10 solar masses, 5 times solar radius, and hundreds to tens-of-thousands times as bright as the Sun. Such main sequence stars burn their hydrogen on the order of a hundred million years. Characteristics of B-type main sequence stars:

1.8-6.6radius(solar)
2.1-16mass(solar)
+1.25 to -6.12absolute magnitude(visual)
25-30000bolometric luminosity(solar)
10 million-1.5 billion yearsmain-sequence lifetime
0.13%fraction of MS stars

Blue giants (and blue supergiants) are very hot giant stars, which can fall within this temperature range and within the B-class. Example B-type stars are Achernar, Algol, Beta Centauri (pair of giant stars), and Rigel (includes a supergiant).


(star type,spectral class)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Class_B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-type_main-sequence_star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_giant
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Starlog/staspe.html#c4
http://www.solstation.com/stars3/100-bs.htm
https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~pberlind/atlas/htmls/bstars.html
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy
  
97nm3.1PHz13eVbeginB-type star
145nm2.1PHz8.6eVendB-type star

Referenced by pages:
Ap star
BA supergiant
Be star
BEAST
Beta Centauri
giant star
Gould's Belt
helium star
Herbig AeBe star (HAeBe)
hypergiant
LB-1
OB association
OB star
Orion
Pleiades (M45)
red giant
red-giant branch (RGB)
shell star (sh)
slowly-pulsating B-star (SPB)
spectral class
star formation rate (SFR)
stellar association
stellar wind
subdwarf (sd)
variable star
WR 104
young stellar object (YSO)

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