blue hook star

English

Etymology

From their location on the blue horizontal branch portion of the extreme horizontal branch part of the horizontal branch of stellar evolution, hooking upwards when plotted on an H-R diagram.

Noun

blue hook star (plural blue hook stars)

1. (astronomy) a type of helium-burning blue giant star that is hotter than the average star in this stage of their life, due to having a more massive helium core

Hypernyms

• blue giant star / blue giant
• blue horizontal branch star (BHB star)
• extreme horizontal branch star (EHB star)
• horizontal branch star (HB star)

See also

• blue giant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia