Bright giant

The bright stars of luminosity class II belong to the group of bright giants. These stars are located on the border between giant stars and supergiants. Among this type generally giant stars with extremely high luminosity, but they are not bright or massive enough to be among the supergiants.

Well-known stars that are among the bright giants:

  • Adhara ( ε Canis Majoris ): a blue-white (B type) bright giant
  • Pherkad ( γ Ursae Minoris ): a white (Type A) bright giant
  • Sargas ( θ Scorpii ): a yellow- white (type F) bright giant
  • Dabih ( β ¹ Capricorni ): a yellow (type G) bright giant
  • Alphard ( α Hydrae ): an orange (type K) bright giant
  • Ras Algethi ( α ¹ Herculis ): a red (type M) bright giant
Brown dwarf Subdwarf Dwarf star Main sequence Subgiant Hypergiant Intrinsic brightness Epsilon Canis Majoris Theta Scorpii Red giant
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