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    The red clump is a clustering of red giants in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram at around 5,000 K and absolute magnitude (MV) +0.5, slightly hotter than...
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    fusing hydrogen into helium in a shell surrounding an inert helium core red-clump stars in the cool half of the horizontal branch, fusing helium into carbon...
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    otherwise identical. A related class of stars is the clump giants, those belonging to the so-called red clump, which are the relatively younger (and hence more...
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    A red dwarf is the smallest kind of star on the main sequence. Red dwarfs are by far the most common type of star in the Milky Way, at least in the neighborhood...
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    relatively short period on the red-giant branch they ignite helium without a flash and spend an extended period in the red clump before forming a degenerate...
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    dwarfs White dwarfs Red dwarfs Subdwarfs Main sequence ("dwarfs") Subgiants Giants Red giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants...
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    was confirmed by the same means, by core helium-burning red clump stars, and by the tip of the red giant branch. All three papers find an inclination of...
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    are often observed as a red clump of stars in the colour-magnitude diagram of a cluster, hotter and less luminous than the red giants. Higher-mass stars...
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    descriptions as a fallback Hess diagram – Diagram of stars in astronomy Red clump – Clustering of stars in astronomy diagram Stellar birthline – Construct...
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    times the Sun's luminosity and 11.98 ± 0.57 times its radius. An aging red clump star, it is fusing helium to carbon and oxygen in its core. Capella Ab...
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