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As you can probably guess from the title, I have some questions about the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, especially how to use it to make plausible stars. Some questions: Can stars exist in the bl...
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<p>As you can probably guess from the title, I have some questions about the Hertzsprung"“Russell diagram, especially how to use it to make plausible stars.</p><p>Some questions:</p><ul><li>Can stars exist in the black areas? For example, take a star of 30,000 K and $10^2$ solar luminosities.</li><li>How likely is a star to be a supergiant, main sequence star, etc?</li></ul><p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HrxnW.png" alt="HR-diagram"><br><sup>HR-diagram. Source: <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Hertzsprung-Russel_StarData.png" rel="noreferrer">Wikipedia</a></sup></p>
- <p>As you can probably guess from the title, I have some questions about the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, especially how to use it to make plausible stars.</p>
- <p>Some questions:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>Can stars exist in the black areas? For example, take a star of 30,000 K and $10^2$ solar luminosities.</li>
- <li>How likely is a star to be a supergiant, main sequence star, etc?</li>
- </ul>
- <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HrxnW.png" alt="HR-diagram">
- <br>
- <sup>HR-diagram. Source: <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Hertzsprung-Russel_StarData.png" rel="noreferrer">Wikipedia</a></sup></p>