The H-R Diagram and Spectroscopic Parallax

Use the H-R diagram below to answer the questions that follow.

1. What are the spectral type, temperature, absolute magnitude, and luminosity of star A?

2. Which two pairs of labeled stars in the diagram (A-G) have the same temperature?

3. Do stars of the same temperature have the same spectral type? Use one of the pairs you mentioned
in 2 to explain.

4. Which two pairs of labeled stars in the diagram (A-G) have the same luminosity?
5. Do stars of the same luminosity have the same absolute magnitude? Use one of the pairs you
mentioned in 4 to explain.

6. If two stars have the same absolute magnitude number, do they necessarily have to have the same
temperature? Use a pair of stars from the diagram to support your answer.

7/8For each of the following star descriptions, state whether the star would be a red giant, white dwarf, or
main sequence star. Provide a letter of a star from the diagram that fits each description.

a. Very bright and very hot

b. Very dim and cool

c. Very dim and very hot

d. Very bright and cool

9/10. Below is a table giving apparent magnitudes for stars A-G on the diagram. Complete the table by
filling in the spectral type and absolute magnitude, and then estimate the distance. In the Distance
Estimate column, please classify each star as being closer, farther, or about 10 parsecs away. Star E is
done for you.

Star Apparent Spectral Type Absolute Distance Estimate

Magnitude Magnitude
A -5
B 5
C 12
D 0
E 0 F1 4 farther than 10 parsecs
F 10
G 0