after main sequence Flashcards

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  1. low mass
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red dwarfs who m is 0.5m and m is stellar masses and it ends its life as a white dwarf

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medium sized stars

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bigger than 0.5 but less than 8m
hydro can end here and becomes a sub giant and burns helium and becomes a red giant and it grows
then once hel is gone it blows its layers into a planetary nebula
and a white dwarf is left

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Planetary nebula

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outer layers of a RG blasted off
fusion stops and gravity pulls in
not an explosion
makes no new elements and is very old

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4
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Sequence:

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interstellar cloud- protostar-small star-red giant-planetary nebula-white dwarf

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