Astronomy 101 6 The Sun 8 Formation of stars

7 Characterization of stars

7.1 Determination of distances, magnitudes, luminosities, temperatures, and radial velocities

http://www.teachastronomy.com/astropedia/article.aspx?qid=311
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7.2 Spectral classes and luminosity classes

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7.3 Use of a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

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7.4 Binary stars and mass determination

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7.5 ClassAction Questions

http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/stellarprops.html
http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/stellarprops2.html
http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/binaryvariablestars.html

7.6 Astronomy Applets