Month: July 2015

  • Where is the Sun on the H-R diagram?

    Where is the Sun on the H-R diagram?

    In one of my earlier posts I described a Hertzsprung Russell diagram which shows the relationship between a stars temperature and its luminosity. But where does our Sun sit on this diagram? Our sun sits squarely in the main sequence line. The main sequence makes up the majority of a stars life when it is burning…