
The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram . From Astronomy Picture of the Day—the CMD for a star cluster called M55; From the European Space Agency and Hipparcos Mission—a schematic HR diagram and a real one using Hipparcos data From Jim Kaler's excellent website on stars—an HR diagram for many familiar stars If you look at these diagrams closely, you will see that a lot of the plot region is empty space.
Classifying Stars - The Hertzsprung -Russell Diagram . Classifying Stars - the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram There are a few hundred billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way and billions of galaxies in the Universe. One important technique in science is to try and sort or classify things into groups and seek out trends or patterns. A Simple H-R Diagram - Sloan Digital Sky Survey . A Simple H-R Diagram. Once you know the luminosity and te! mperature (or color) of a star, you can plot the star as a point on the H-R diagram. Plot the luminosity on the y-axis with brighter stars going toward the top. The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Astronomy 801: Planets . From Astronomy Picture of the Day—the CMD for a star cluster called M55; From the European Space Agency and Hipparcos Mission—a schematic HR diagram and a real one using Hipparcos data From Jim Kaler's excellent website on stars—an HR diagram for many familiar stars If you look at these diagrams closely, you will see that a lot of the plot region is empty space. Introduction to the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram . One of the most useful and powerful plots in astrophysics is the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (hereafter called the H-R diagram). It originated in 1911 when the Danish astronomer, Ejnar Hertzsprung, plotted the absolute magnitude of stars against their co! lour (hence effective temperature).