Star types and

compositions

Protostar
Classification: P
Habitable zone: Average size
Planets: Rockballs and
asteroids
Atmospheric composition:
100% hydrogen

Main-sequence star
Classification: O,B,A,G,K,M
Habitable zone: varies depending on
the size of the star
Planets: Terrestrial and gas giants, with
possible asteroids and comets
Atmospheric composition:
Mostly hydrogen with a small
percentage of helium

Red giant
Classification: RG
Habitable zone: large and wide
Planets: Surviving terrestrial Planets
and gas giants
Atmospheric composition:
Mostly helium with some hydrogen

Red supergiant
Classification: SRG
Habitable zone: very large and very
wide
Planets: unknown, mainly no surviving
Planets
Atmospheric composition:
Similar to a red giant with heavier
elements up to iron

Blue supergiant
Classification: SBG
Habitable zone: very large and very
wide
Planets: no surviving Planets
Atmospheric composition:
Similar to a red supergiant

Supernova
Classification: S
Habitable zone: None
Planets: None
Atmospheric composition:
N/A

Nebula
Classification: N
Habitable zone: None
Planets: None
Atmospheric composition:
N/A

Brown dwarf
Classification: BRD
Habitable zone: minimal, reduces as
the brown dwarf cools
Planets: Carbon worlds lacking water
Atmospheric composition:
Hydrogen
Helium
Methane

White dwarf
Classification: D
Habitable zone: small
Planets: Stripped rocky cores from
terrestrial Planets
Atmospheric composition:
Traces of hydrogen, helium and
carbon

Black dwarf
Classification: BD
Habitable zone: None
Planets: Stripped , frozen rocky cores
from terrestrial Planets
Atmospheric composition:
Thin layer of helium

Neutron star/Pulsar
Classification: NS
Habitable zone: Unknown
Planets: Planets that formed from
secondary accretion disk
Atmospheric composition:
Super heated plasma

Quasar
Classification: Q
Habitable zone: none, may be possible
due to glow from central black hole
Planets: None
Atmospheric composition:
Unknown

Black hole
Classification: BH
Habitable zone: None, possible glow
from superheating accretion material
Planets: captured Planets and/or
Planets formed from accreting
material that are in a stable orbit
Atmospheric composition:
None

Hypothetical stars

Iron star
Classification: I
Habitable zone: Unknown
Planets: Unknown
Atmospheric composition:
Iron only

White hole
Classification: WH
Habitable zone: Possible due to light
and energy emitted from the white
hole
Planets: None
Atmospheric composition:
None

Strange star
Classification: SS
Habitable zone: very thin, almost
nonexistent
Planets: Asteroids and Planets
composed of material or strange
matter
Atmospheric composition:
Strange matter only

Thorne-Zytkow object
Classification: TZO
Habitable zone: same as a red
giant/red supergiant
Planets: Dead, molten rockballs or no
planets at all
Atmospheric composition:
Same as a red giant/red supergiant