Minara, a yellow giant star.
A yellow giant is one type of giant star, belonging to classification of yellow stars .
Specifics
A yellow giant is a star near the end of its life that has exhausted the hydrogen in its core and swelled to a large size. Such stars could belong to spectral types F or G and have become larger than most main sequence stars. (ST reference: Star Charts)
Known yellow giants
- Amargosa [1]
- Antos [2], [3]
- Beloti (trinary star primary) [4]
- Beta Cygni, aka Albireo/Cygnia Minor (trinary star primary) [3]
- Beta Lyrae, aka Shelia (binary star primary) [5] (ST reference: Star Charts noted them as blue stars)
- Caleb, aka Kaleb/Chi Eridani (binary star) [4]
- Capella (A & B binary pair) [4], [6], [7]
- Deneb Kaitos, aka Beta-16 Ceti [4], [8]
- Donatu [4]
- Erabus system (trinary star) [4]
- Gamma Hromi (trinary star) [4]
- Gamma Hydra [3]
- Gamma Tauri [4]
- Gamma Trianguli [2], [3]
- Hakon (prior to 2376) [9]
- Hegh'ta [4]
- Iota Geminorum [4]
- Kessik [4]
- Lytasia system (binary star) [4]
- Minara (prior to 2268) [10]
- Tennun (binary star primary) [3]
- Tika (trinary star) [4]
- Veridian (prior to 2371) [4], [11]
- Xi Herculis (binary star primary) [2]
- Yed Posterior, aka 2 Ophiuchi (binary star) [4]
- Yridia system [4]
- Caldos, aka Beta Octantis, was listed as a type G9 II yellow giant in LUG RPG module: Planets of the UFP, but it is a real-world light blue star and was so noted in ST reference: Star Charts.
Appendices
Connections
| Stellar classification | |
|---|---|
| By class and type | class O blue-violet star • class B blue star • class A blue-white star • class F white star (white dwarf) • class G yellow star (yellow dwarf • yellow giant) • class K orange star (orange giant) • class M red star (red dwarf • red giant • red supergiant) • boson star • brown dwarf • green star • N-type star • R-type star • S-type star • D-type star |
| By size or makeup | black hole/black star • carbon star • dwarf star (brown dwarf • red dwarf • white dwarf • yellow dwarf) • giant star (blue giant • red giant • orange giant • yellow giant) • Lazarus star • microstar • neutron star (collapsar • magnetar • pulsar) • protostar • supergiant star • variable star • white hole • Wolf-Rayet star |
References
- ↑ ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 ST reference: Star Trek Maps.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 ST reference: Star Charts.
- ↑ TAS episode & Log Ten novelization: The Slaver Weapon.
- ↑ Decipher RPG module: Worlds.
- ↑ TOS novel: Seasons of Light and Darkness.
- ↑ Real world.
- ↑ TNG novel: The Genesis Wave, Book 1.
- ↑ FASA RPG module: The Federation.
- ↑ TNG - Strange New Worlds short story: "Future Shock".
External links
- Yellow giant article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Yellow giant article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.