Hertzsprung-Russell diagram animation
In this video, the stars in globular cluster Omega Centauri are rearranged according to their intrinsic brightness (vertical axis) and their temperature (horizontal axis). The temperature of a star dictates its apparent colour, with cooler stars being red and hotter ones being blue. The majority of stars at any given time fall into a wide band known as the main sequence, which passes from the top left (hot, bright stars) to the bottom right (cool, dim stars). However this is just a snapshot in time — as stars evolve they do not stay fixed to one point on the diagram for the whole of their lives.
Credit:NASA, ESA, J. Anderson and R. van der Marel (STScI)
About the Video
Id: | heic1017b |
Release date: | 26 October 2010, 15:05 |
Related releases: | heic1017 |
Duration: | 01 m 39 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Omega Centauri |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
Category: | HD Star Clusters |
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