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Class of massive star with a spectral type of A to K
A yellow hypergiant (YHG) is a massive star with an extended atmosphere, a spectral class from A to K, and, starting with an initial mass of about 20–60
Yellow_hypergiant
Rare star with tremendous luminosity and high rates of mass loss by stellar winds
groups such as the yellow hypergiants, RSG (red supergiants), or blue B(e) supergiants with emission spectra. More commonly, hypergiants are classed as Ia-0
Hypergiant
Yellow hypergiant star in the constellation Cassiopeia
Rho Cassiopeiae is a yellow hypergiant star in the constellation Cassiopeia. Its name is a Bayer designation, pronounced /ˌroʊ kæsiəˈpiːaɪ, -sioʊ-, -iː/
Rho_Cassiopeiae
Binary star in the constellation Dorado
from Earth. The primary component is an extreme red supergiant or red hypergiant that may be the largest known star with a well-defined radius, calculated
WOH_G64
Stars with a supergiant luminosity class with a spectral type of K or M
described as orange supergiants (e.g. Zeta Cephei), or even as yellow (e.g. yellow hypergiant HR 5171 Aa).[citation needed] Red supergiants are cool and large
Red_supergiant
Stellar classification
"G-type dwarf" or "yellow dwarf" G-dwarf problem Hertzsprung–Russell diagram Solar analog Star count, survey of stars Yellow hypergiant "Glossary term: Luminosity
G-type_main-sequence_star
Star in the Triangulum Galaxy
B324 is a yellow hypergiant in the Triangulum Galaxy, located near the giant H II region IC 142 around 2.7 million light years away. It is the brightest
B324
; Lee, C.-H. (1 May 2017). "Monitoring luminous yellow massive stars in M 33: new yellow hypergiant candidates". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 601: A76.
List_of_largest_stars
Type of star that is massive and luminous
for the large number of low-luminosity yellow supergiants. The most luminous yellow stars, the yellow hypergiants, are amongst the visually brightest stars
Supergiant
Yellow hypergiant in the constellation Scorpius
IRAS 17163−3907, also known as Hen 3-1379, is a yellow hypergiant star located 13,000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius. The star
IRAS_17163−3907
Fabien; et al. (October 2024). "CHARA Near-infrared Imaging of the Yellow Hypergiant Star ρ Cassiopeiae: Convection Cells and Circumstellar Envelope".
List of stars with resolved images
List_of_stars_with_resolved_images
Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere
luminous stars known, including the yellow hypergiants Rho Cassiopeiae and V509 Cassiopeiae and white hypergiant 6 Cassiopeiae. In 1572, Tycho Brahe's
Cassiopeia_(constellation)
M.; Zheng, X. W. (January 2012). "Distance and Kinematics of the Red Hypergiant VY CMa: VLBA and VLA Astrometry". The Astrophysical Journal. 744 (1):
List_of_supernova_candidates
Hot, luminous star with a spectral type of A9 or earlier
Giants Red giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) A blue supergiant (BSG) is a hot, luminous
Blue_supergiant
Star within the open cluster Stephenson 2
cluster members, and noted that its spectral type places it near yellow hypergiants on the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (HR Diagram), though not as hot
Stephenson_2_DFK_49
Structure formed by diffuse material in orbital motion around a massive central body
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Accretion_disk
Astrophysical phenomenon
supernova will be produced by a different type of massive star such as a yellow hypergiant, luminous blue variable, or Wolf–Rayet. The chances of the next supernova
Supernova
Star that has a supergiant luminosity class, with a spectral type of F or G
Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) Yellow supergiants generally have spectral types of F and G
Yellow_supergiant
Hypothetical class of star that develops from a red dwarf
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Blue_dwarf_(red-dwarf_stage)
Gravitational process studied in astronomy
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Star_formation
Star in the constellation Centaurus
extreme red supergiant (RSG) or recent post-red supergiant (Post-RSG) yellow hypergiant (YHG), both of which suggest it is one of the largest known stars
HR_5171
Dim, low mass stars on the main sequence
Giants Red giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) Red dwarfs are very-low-mass stars. As a result
Red_dwarf
Hypothesized alternative to a black hole
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Gravastar
Binary system in the constellation Eridanus
and Mothra. Mothra consists of two supergiant stars, a yellow supergiant or a yellow hypergiant, and a blue supergiant. As of 2026[update], the orbital
Mothra_(star)
Star in the constellation Cassiopeia
V509 Cassiopeiae (V509 Cas or HR 8752) is one of two yellow hypergiant stars found in the constellation Cassiopeia, which also contains Rho Cassiopeiae
V509_Cassiopeiae
Heterogeneous class of stars with unusual spectra
temperatures as they expel their atmospheres. Some explode while at the yellow hypergiant or LBV stage, but many become Wolf–Rayet stars. They have lost or
Wolf–Rayet_star
Star whose brightness fluctuates, as seen from Earth
instability strip, which is distinct from the Cepheid instability strip. Yellow hypergiants These massive evolved stars are unstable due to their high luminosity
Variable_star
Light from the stars
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Starlight
Star not gravitationally bound to any galaxy
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Intergalactic_star
Stellar classification
blow away the outer layers too quickly. 25–60M☉ stars may become yellow hypergiants before either exploding as a supernova or evolving back to hotter
O-type_star
Astrophysical limit on radiation from stars
2023-04-18. R. B. Stothers (2003). "Turbulent pressure in the envelopes of yellow hypergiants and luminous blue variables". Astrophysical Journal. 589 (2): 960–967
Eddington_luminosity
Type of neutron star with a strong magnetic field
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Magnetar
Gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Protoplanetary_disk
Theoretical stellar remnant
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Black_dwarf
Scatter plot of stars showing the relationship of luminosity to stellar classification
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Hertzsprung–Russell_diagram
Isolated, small, and opaque nebula
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Bok_globule
Set of non-stellar objects in orbit around a star
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Planetary_system
Philip; Meynet, Georges; Tokarz, Susan; Caldwell, Nelson (2009-08-27). "Yellow Supergiants in the Andromeda Galaxy (M31)". The Astrophysical Journal. 703
List_of_brightest_stars
Hypothetical early-universe star with a black hole core
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Quasi-star
Hypothetical astronomical object
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Planck_star
Creation of chemical elements within stars
from the red giant branch are typically not blue in colour but are rather yellow giants, possibly Cepheid variables. They fuse helium until the core is largely
Stellar_nucleosynthesis
Pattern of stars recognized on Earth's night sky
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Asterism_(astronomy)
Substellar object
Giants Red giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) Five different theories for the formation of
Brown_dwarf
Main sequence star that is more luminous and bluer than expected
among old stellar populations, like the Galactic halo, or dwarf galaxies. "Yellow stragglers" or "red stragglers" are stars with colors between that of the
Blue_straggler
Event wherein the Sun is obscured by the Moon
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Solar_eclipse
Star in the constellation Scutum
UY Scuti (BD-12°5055) is a red supergiant or hypergiant star, located 5,900 light-years away in the constellation Scutum. It is also a pulsating variable
UY_Scuti
Topics referred to by the same term
infrared catalogue IRC -10414, a red supergiant star IRC +10420, a yellow hypergiant star Incrementally related carriers, a standard for video channel
IRC_(disambiguation)
Astronomical category of stars
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Iron_star
Type of star, larger and brighter than the Sun
Giants Red giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) A giant star has a substantially larger radius
Giant_star
Astronomical objects of planetary size that did not form in orbit around a star
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Sub-brown_dwarf
Type of neutron star with beams of radiation
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Pulsar
Hypothetical hybrid star type
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Thorne–Żytkow_object
Compact exotic star which forms matter consisting mostly of quarks
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Quark_star
Central region of the Sun
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Solar_core
List of the hottest known stars
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
List_of_hottest_stars
Binary star system whose component stars are very close
asteroids gravitating toward each other until they touch. HR 5171, a yellow hypergiant previously thought to be a contact binary. Interacting binary star
Contact_binary
Type of star that is luminous, blue, and variable in brightness
decreases to around 8,500 K for all stars, slightly hotter than the yellow hypergiants. The bolometric luminosity usually remains constant, which means that
Luminous_blue_variable
Hypergiant star in the constellation Cepheus
the red supergiants and yellow hypergiants has led to it being variously considered as a red hypergiant or yellow hypergiant. The first documented sighting
RW_Cephei
Star at the centre of the Solar System
renders the Sun yellow, red, orange, or magenta, and in rare occasions even green or blue. Some cultures mentally picture the Sun as yellow and some even
Sun
Grouping of stars by similar metallicity
observed that bluer stars were strongly associated with the spiral arms, and yellow stars dominated near the central galactic bulge and within globular star
Stellar_population
Black hole formed by a collapsed star
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Stellar_black_hole
Class of young variable stars
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
T_Tauri_star
Star in the constellation Canis Major
VY Canis Majoris (abbreviated to VY CMa) is an extreme oxygen-rich red hypergiant or red supergiant (O-rich RHG or RSG) and pulsating variable star 1.2
VY_Canis_Majoris
Hypergiant star in the constellation Aquila
IRC +10420, also known as V1302 Aquilae, is a yellow hypergiant star located in the constellation of Aquila at a distance of 4-6 kiloparsecs of the Sun
IRC_+10420
Unit of time
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Galactic_year
Study of the movement of stars
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Stellar_kinematics
Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
magnitude of 3.3; it has a period of 35.5 days. V382 Carinae is a yellow hypergiant, one of the rarest types of stars. It is a slow irregular variable, with
Carina_(constellation)
Collapsed core of a massive star
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Neutron_star
Star in the constellation Carina
V382 Carinae, also known as x Carinae (x Car), is a yellow hypergiant in the constellation Carina. It is a G-type star with a mean apparent magnitude
V382_Carinae
Stellar classification
class is V. These stars are intermediate in size between red dwarfs and yellow dwarfs, hence the term orange dwarfs often applied to this type. K-type
K-type_main-sequence_star
Star in the constellation Dorado
HD 33579 is a white/yellow hypergiant and one of the brightest stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). It is a suspected variable star. HD 33579 lies
HD_33579
; Sharon, K.; Williams, L. L. R. (16 January 2026). "Hedorah, the first yellow supergiant Kaiju star candidate at z≈3 revealed by behind AS1063". arXiv:2601
List_of_most_distant_stars
Planetary system consisting of the Sun and objects orbiting it
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Solar_System
Early stage in the process of star formation
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Protostar
Main-sequence star of spectral type O
Giants Red giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) An O-type main-sequence star is a main-sequence—core
O-type_main-sequence_star
Astronomical object without the mass to sustain hydrogen fusion
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Substellar_object
Stellar core remnant
Giants Red giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) White dwarfs have low luminosity and therefore
White_dwarf
Type of large cool star
Giants Red giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) A red giant is a luminous giant star of low
Red_giant
Visible star that is nearly aligned with Earth's axis of rotation
useful for casual navigational or astronomy alignment purposes. It is a yellow giant 294 light years from Earth. Its angular separation from the pole is
Pole_star
Large self-illuminated object in space
size and is determined by their surface gravity. These range from 0 (hypergiants) through III (giants) to V (main-sequence dwarfs); some authors add VII
Star
Hypothetical types of stars
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Exotic_star
Type of emission nebula created by dying red giants
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Planetary_nebula
System of two stars orbiting each other
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Binary_star
Stellar classification
external covering against it (e.g. shells). Also called an "F-type dwarf" or "yellow-white dwarf" "Glossary term: Luminosity Class". IAU Office of Astrononomy
F-type_main-sequence_star
Star whose atmosphere contains more carbon than oxygen
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Carbon_star
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
List of the most distant astronomical objects
List_of_the_most_distant_astronomical_objects
Super star cluster in the Milky Way Galaxy
contains a large number of rare, evolved, high-mass stars, including: 6 yellow hypergiants, 4 red supergiants including Westerlund 1 W26, one of the largest
Westerlund_1
Classification of stars based on spectral properties
Nieuwenhuijzen, H.; De Jager, C. (2000). "Checking the yellow evolutionary void. Three evolutionary critical Hypergiants: HD 33579, HR 8752 & IRC +10420". Astronomy
Stellar_classification
Type of star larger than main-sequence but smaller than a giant
Giants Red giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) A subgiant is a star that is brighter than
Subgiant
Small number of stars that orbit each other
binary Spica Alpha Centauri is a triple star composed of a main binary yellow dwarf and an orange dwarf pair (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), and an outlying
Star_system
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
List_of_proper_names_of_stars
Star of relatively small size and low luminosity
Example: Achernar (B6Vep) Red dwarfs are low-mass main-sequence stars. Yellow dwarfs are main-sequence (dwarf) stars with masses comparable to that of
Dwarf_star
Outermost layer of a star's atmosphere
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Stellar_corona
Stellar classification distinguished by bright blue luminosity
Giants Red giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) A B-type main-sequence star is a main-sequence
B-type_main-sequence_star
Stars that host planetary systems
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Planet-hosting_star
Star's outer shell from which light is radiated
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Photosphere
Light emitted by the Sun
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Sunlight
Nucleosynthesis pathway
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
S-process
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Historical_brightest_stars
Process by which stars are named
OB Subgiant Hertzsprung gap Giant Blue Red Yellow Bright giant Supergiant Blue Red Yellow Hypergiant Yellow Carbon S CN CH White dwarf Chemically peculiar
Stellar designations and names
Stellar_designations_and_names
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