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• Stellar kinematics — is the study of the movement of stars without needing to understand how they acquired their motion. This differs from stellar dynamics, which takes into account gravitational effects. The motion of a star relative to the Sun can provide useful… …   Wikipedia

• Stellar classification — In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are… …   Wikipedia

• Stellar evolution — Life cycle of a Sun like star Stellar evolution is the process by which a star undergoes a sequence of radical changes during its lifetime. Depending on the mass of the star, this lifetime ranges from only a few million years (for the most… …   Wikipedia

• Solar-like oscillations — The term solar like oscillations refers to oscillations in other stars that are excited in the same way as those in the Sun, namely by convection in its outer layers.ee also* asteroseismology * helioseismology * variable stars * Procyon * Space… …   Wikipedia

• Neutron-star oscillations — Asteroseismology studies the internal structure of our Sun and other stars using oscillations. These can be studied by interpreting the temporal frequency spectrum acquired through observations [cite journal|… …   Wikipedia

• Asteroseismology — Different oscillation modes penetrate to different depths inside a star. Asteroseismology (from Greek ἀστήρ, astēr, star ; σεισμός, seismos, earthquake ; and λογία …   Wikipedia

• Neutron star — redirects here. For the story by Larry Niven, see Neutron Star (short story). Neutron stars crush half a million times more mass than Earth into a sphere no larger than Manhattan. A neutron star is a type of stellar remnant that can result from… …   Wikipedia

• COROT — Model of the Corot satellite General information NSSDC ID 2006 063A Organization …   Wikipedia

• White dwarf — For other uses, see White dwarf (disambiguation). Image of Sirius A and Sirius B taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Sirius B, which is a white dwarf, can be seen as a faint pinprick of light to the lower left of the much brighter Sirius A …   Wikipedia

• Pulsating white dwarf — V777 Herculis star redirects here. For the star, see GD 358. A pulsating white dwarf is a white dwarf star whose luminosity varies due to non radial gravity wave pulsations within itself. Known types of pulsating white dwarfs include DAV, or ZZ… …   Wikipedia

• Procyon — This article is about the star. Procyon is also the mammalian genus to which raccoons belong. Starbox begin name=Procyon A/B Starbox image caption=The position of Procyon. Starbox observe epoch=J2000 constell=Canis Minor ra=07h 39m 18.1/17.7s dec …   Wikipedia