Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
Noun
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Noun
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- (astronomy) A graphic representation of the absolute magnitude of stars against their color (or surface temperature), which shows the main sequence of stars plus the white dwarfs and red giants.
- HR diagram
- H-R diagram
- French: diagramme de Hertzsprung-Russell
- German: Hertzsprung-Russell-Diagramm
- Italian: diagramma Hertzsprung-Russell
- Portuguese: diagrama de Hertzsprung-Russell
- Russian: диагра́мма Ге́рцшпрунга — Ра́ссела
- Spanish: diagrama de Hertzsprung-Russell
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