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So after a long time I finally figured out how the white Dwarf classification system works.
Basically its first the letter D
Followed by a temperature
Correct me if I am wrong but, DO, DB, DC, DZ white dwarfs are associated with a specific effective temperature of the star. However, White dwarf stars are no precisely definable by their spectra. In fact, seems that DA and DQ actually overlap in temperature with the other spectral classifications in the table.
Therefor this got me wondering...
Is their even a known statistical relationship for DA white dwarf stars that relates their Temperature to the stars Mass, Luminosity, Radius, or any other stellar measurements?
If not then how to scientist measure the radius and mass of white dwarfs when they are like 50-100 pc away.
Please can some one help me out here >>;
Basically its first the letter D
Followed by a temperature
Correct me if I am wrong but, DO, DB, DC, DZ white dwarfs are associated with a specific effective temperature of the star. However, White dwarf stars are no precisely definable by their spectra. In fact, seems that DA and DQ actually overlap in temperature with the other spectral classifications in the table.
Therefor this got me wondering...
Is their even a known statistical relationship for DA white dwarf stars that relates their Temperature to the stars Mass, Luminosity, Radius, or any other stellar measurements?
If not then how to scientist measure the radius and mass of white dwarfs when they are like 50-100 pc away.
Please can some one help me out here >>;