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O(f) comparison table |
Subject | has surface temperature | has rotation velocity | is a kind of | has absorption line | has definition | has spectral type | has lifetime | has color | has relative abundance |
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emission line star | greater than 1000 Kelvin | star | |||||||
O star | 35000 K | very high | early star | He II | Very hot blue star, whose spectra is dominated by the lines of singly ionized helium (see Pickering series). (Most other lines are from at least doubly ionized elements, though H and He I lines are also present.) O stars are useful because they are found in dust clouds and virtually define the spiral arms. | O, B, A, and early F | 3 to 6 million years | blue-white | rare |
O(f) | 35000 K | very high | O star | He II | O-type stars in which N III is present in emission and He II is weakly present in absorption or emission. | 3 to 6 million years | blue-white | rare |
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