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Spectral Type Temperature Ranking

Given the spectral type of a certain star (the sun, Sirius, Aldebaran, Polaris, Rigel), the student is asked to determine what type would be slightly cooler/hotter (temperature) than the given star.

keywords: spectral type, temperature, sun, Sirius, Aldebaran, Polaris, Rigel

swf file: ca_stellarprops2_stypetemps.swf