alvan graham clark angular momentum arthur stanley eddington asteroseismology asymptotic giant branch atom atomic nucleus atomic number atomic orbital atomic weight bibcode binary star black dwarf black hole blackett effect bok globule brown dwarf carbon carbon burning process carbon detonation cataclysmic variable star chandrasekhar limit chemical bond chromosphere color temperature compact star convection zone cornell university corona depaul university degenerate matter density digital object identifier dwarf nova earth edward charles pickering effective temperature electron electron degeneracy pressure equation of state exotic star fermi gas fred hoyle galaxy general relativity gram gravitational collapse gravitational constant gravitational redshift gravity wave harvard-smithsonian center for astrophysics hayashi limit hayashi track heat helium helix nebula henry norris russell henyey track hertzsprung-russell diagram horizontal branch hubble space telescope hydrogen ik pegasi interstellar medium kelvin kinetic energy list of brightest stars list of least massive stars list of most luminous stars list of most massive stars list of nearest stars list of star names lists of stars luminosity magnesium magnetar magnetic field magnetic flux main sequence metallicity microturbulence molecular cloud neon neon burning process neutron star nobel foundation nobel prize in physics nova nuclear fusion nuclear reaction ohio state university otto wilhelm von struve oxygen parallax pauli exclusion principle photosphere physical compression planck constant planetary nebula planetary system potential energy procyon proper motion proton proton decay protoplanetary nebula protostar pulsar pulsating white dwarf quantum gravity quantum mechanics quantum state quark star radial velocity radiation zone red dwarf red giant rochester institute of technology sirius sloan digital sky survey solar core solar mass solar radius spectroscopic notation spectroscopy spectrum speed of light spitzer space telescope star star system stellar black hole stellar classification stellar dynamics stellar evolution stellar kinematics stellar magnetic field stellar nucleosynthesis stellar rotation stellar wind stellar wind bubble subrahmanyan chandrasekhar sun supernova surface gravity t tauri star thermal runaway tonne triple-alpha process tycho brahe type ia supernova ubv photometric system uncertainty principle universe variable star virtual black hole viscosity walter sydney adams wiktionary wilhelm anderson william alfred fowler williamina fleming wolf-rayet star x-ray x-ray astronomy year young stellar object