blue hook star
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From their location on the blue horizontal branch portion of the extreme horizontal branch part of the horizontal branch of stellar evolution, hooking upwards when plotted on an H-R diagram.
Noun
[edit]blue hook star (plural blue hook stars)
- (astronomy) a type of helium-burning blue giant star that is hotter than the average star in this stage of their life, due to having a more massive helium core
Hypernyms
[edit]- blue giant star / blue giant
- blue horizontal branch star (BHB star)
- extreme horizontal branch star (EHB star)
- horizontal branch star (HB star)
See also
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blue giant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
