[TML] Near Star List

Jerry W Barrington jerry.barrington at gmail.com
Sun Mar 2 15:13:51 MST 2008


On 3/2/08 4:11 PM, "Garry Ward" <garry.e.ward at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> That'll save me some time and carpall tunnel...

That's part of why I abandoned my own effort.  :)  That, and the inherent
errors in the old list...

> Though, I'm not sure what a dG or dM class star is supposed to be. Might be
> a typeo or some astronomicial jargon that I'm not familliar with.

Hmm.  Dwarf G & M stars?

Check this:
    <http://www.perrochon.com/cherryh/ref/txt/stars.txt>

"dA, dG, and dM are white dwarfs (post-Giant phase stars), M are small red
stars, K are slightly larger orange stars, G are yellow stars like Sol, F
are white stars larger than Sol, .... (CJC has not sited a colony at a star
larger than F)."



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