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Loading contentThe single most important diagram in stellar astrophysics: a plot of stars' luminosities against their surface temperatures. Stars are not scattered at random but fall into distinct regions — the diagonal main sequence, the giant and supergiant branches, and the faint white-dwarf sequence — that trace the arc of stellar evolution.
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Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).