Bright giant

Hertzsprung–Russell diagram

Spectral type

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K

M

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T

Brown dwarfs

White dwarfs

Red dwarfs

Subdwarfs

Main sequence
("dwarfs")

Subgiants

Giants

Red giants

Blue giants

Bright giants

Supergiants

Red supergiant

Hypergiants

absolute
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The luminosity class II in the Yerkes spectral classification is given to bright giants. These are stars which straddle the boundary between ordinary giants and supergiants, based on the appearance of their spectra.

Example bright giants

Well known stars which are classified as bright giants include:

• Epsilon Canis Majoris (Adhara): a blue-white (B-type) bright giant
• Omicron Scorpii: a white (A-type) bright giant
• Theta Scorpii (Sargas): a white (F-type) bright giant
• Beta Draconis: a yellow (G-type) bright giant
• Beta Capricorni (Dabih): an orange (K-type) bright giant
• Alpha Herculis (Rasalgethi): a red (M-type) bright giant
• Gamma Canis Majoris (Muliphein) a (B-Type) bright giant

See also

• Red giant