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• Dwarf Stars Award — Dwarf stars redirects here. For the type of star, see Dwarf star. The Dwarf Stars Award is a poetry award of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, created in 2006. It awards the best horror, fantasy, and science fiction short poetry (1 10… …   Wikipedia

• Stars and planetary systems in fiction — The planetary systems of stars other than the Sun and the Solar System are a staple element in much science fiction. Contents 1 Overview 1.1 The brightest stars …   Wikipedia

• Dwarf star — The term dwarf star refers to a variety of distinct classes of stars. Dwarf star alone generally refers to any main sequence star, a star of luminosity class V. Red dwarfs are low mass main sequence stars. Yellow dwarfs are main sequence (dwarf)… …   Wikipedia

• dwarf star — Astron. any of the ordinary main sequence stars, as those of spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M. Also called dwarf. Cf. white dwarf. [1910 15] * * * Any star of average or low luminosity, mass, and size, including white dwarf stars and red… …   Universalium

• dwarf star — noun : dwarf 4 * * * Astron. any of the ordinary main sequence stars, as those of spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M. Also called dwarf. Cf. white dwarf. [1910 15] * * * dwarf star, = dwarf (def. 3): (Cf. ↑dwarf) »Discovery of flareups on two …   Useful english dictionary

• Dwarf nova — HT Cas seen in outburst (mag 13.4) on 2010 November 2. Li …   Wikipedia

• Dwarf elliptical galaxy — Dwarf elliptical galaxies, or dEs, are elliptical galaxies that are much smaller than others. They are classified as dE, and are quite common in galaxy groups and clusters, and are usually companions to other galaxies. Contents 1 Examples 2… …   Wikipedia

• dwarf´ness — dwarf «dwrf», noun, plural dwarfs, dwarves «dwrvz», adjective, verb. –noun. 1. a person, animal, or plant much smaller than the usual size for its kind: »Mr. Bruce met a dwarf, dressed as a clown, who had entertained at parties in his own… …   Useful english dictionary

• Dwarf galaxy — UGC 9128 is a dwarf irregular galaxy, it probably contains only around one hundred million stars. A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of up to several billion stars, a small number compared to our own Milky Way s 200 400 billion stars. The… …   Wikipedia

• Stars named after people — Over the past few centuries, a small number of stars have been named after individual people. It is common in astronomy for objects to be given names, in accordance with accepted astronomical naming conventions. However, most stars are not given… …   Wikipedia

• Dwarf spheroidal galaxy — NGC 147, a dwarf spheroidal galaxy of the Local Group Dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph) is a term in astronomy applied to low luminosity galaxies that are companions to the Milky Way and to the similar systems that are companions to the Andromeda… …   Wikipedia