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Characteristics | Star Names | |
Type II. Solar Stars (yellowish like sun) |
Fine, dark, metallic lines
|
Capella |
Type III. Orange and reddish stars |
Many dark bands
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α Herculis A majority of the variable stars
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Type IV. Blood red in tint |
Dark bands or flutings, the reverse of Type III. as to shading
|
About 50 stars of this type
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Type V. | Bright lines |
Number about 70 Situated near the middle of the Galaxy
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Secchi's type | Mean Scintillation |
I | 87 |
II | 79 |
III | 59 |
Scintillation is most pronounced in January and February, and magnetic storms and violent scintillations are absolutely coincident in point of time.
Star Name | Speed in Miles per Second | |||
Potsdam | Todd[1] | Greenwich | Vogel | |
α Arictis | 11.7 | 09.2 | ||
γ Leonis | 25.1 | |||
Spica | 14 | 10.6 | 17 | 09.2 |
- ↑ From Todd's Astronomy.