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O5 spectral type

(O5)
(spectral type of star with a temperature of about 45000 K)

The O5 spectral type is within the O-class, specifically, stars with a surface temperature of around 45000 K. Characteristics of main-sequence O5 stars:

12radius(solar)
60mass(solar)
-5.7absolute magnitude(visual)
790,000bolometric luminosity(solar)
3,000,000 yearslifetime
0.00001%abundance of all O-type stars

O5 was the earliest defined spectral type until the 1970s.


(star type)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-type_star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-type_main-sequence_star
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/startype.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Starlog/staspe.html#c2

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