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Loading contentThe two-dimensional classification developed by Morgan, Keenan, and Kellman at Yerkes Observatory, adding a luminosity class (I–V) to the Harvard temperature type. It distinguishes giants from dwarfs and is the modern standard for spectral classification.
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