api: YAML JSON TOON Database
version: 1.0.0
format: toon
dataset:
  id: 2508
  slug: types-of-stars
  title: Types of Stars
  description: Major stages and classifications of stars.
  summary: "The main kinds of stars and stellar remnants with a description and a well-known example: main sequence stars, red giants, white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and supergiants, plus red and brown dwarfs, variable stars, pulsars, magnetars, Wolf-Rayet stars and binaries."
  use_when[2]: You need to classify a star or follow the stages of stellar evolution.,You want an example object for each type.
  caveats[2]: "These are overlapping categories, not a single sequence: a pulsar is a kind of neutron star, and a star can be both a binary and a variable.",Brown dwarfs are not true stars because they never sustain hydrogen fusion.
  related[3]: solar-system-planets,constellations-zodiac,space-missions-milestones
  entry_count: 13
  fields[3]{section,field,type,example}:
    data,type,string,Main Sequence
    data,description,string,"Stars fusing hydrogen in their cores, including…"
    data,example,string,"Sun, Sirius"
  category: Astronomy
  category_slug: astronomy
  tags: "astronomy,stars,classification"
  view_count: 45
  created_at: 1792832553
  updated_at: 1792832553
data[13]{type,description,example}:
  Main Sequence,"Stars fusing hydrogen in their cores, including the Sun.","Sun, Sirius"
  Red Giant,Late-stage star that has expanded and cooled.,Betelgeuse
  White Dwarf,Compact remnant of a low- or medium-mass star.,Sirius B
  Neutron Star,Extremely dense remnant after a supernova.,Crab Pulsar
  Black Hole,Object with gravity so strong that light cannot escape.,Sagittarius A*
  Supergiant,"Massive, luminous star nearing the end of its life.",Rigel
  Red Dwarf,"A small, cool, dim main sequence star; the most common kind in the galaxy and very long-lived.",Proxima Centauri
  Brown Dwarf,An object between a planet and a star in mass that never sustains hydrogen fusion.,Luhman 16
  Variable Star,A star whose brightness changes over time; Cepheids are used to measure distances.,Delta Cephei
  Pulsar,A rapidly rotating neutron star that emits beams of radiation seen as regular pulses.,Crab Pulsar
  Magnetar,A neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field that powers bursts of high-energy radiation.,SGR 1806-20
  Wolf-Rayet Star,"A very hot, massive star shedding its outer layers in a strong stellar wind.",WR 104
  Binary Star,Two stars bound by gravity and orbiting a common center of mass.,Sirius A and B