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ID 1149578 Last modified 29.10.2025
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Domain astronomyastrophysics
  • ülisuurte mõõtmete ja ülisuure absoluutse heledusega täht
  • a star of very great intrinsic luminosity and relatively enormous size, typically several magnitudes brighter than a giant star and several times greater in diameter
ülihiid
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  • Tihedas täheparves paiknev ülihiid R 136a1 on massiivseim täht, mis kunagi leitud.
supergiant
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  • The supergiants are the most massive stars out there, ranging between 10 to 70 solar masses, and can range in brightness from 30,000 to hundreds of thousands of times the output of the Sun. They have very short lifespans, living from 30 million down to just a few hundred thousand years. Supergiants seem to always detonate as Type II supernovae at the end of their lives.

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