Relation between magnitudes and spectral types of stars studies by Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Russell

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Stellar Astronomy

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Date of occurrence 1910

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United States (Location)

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Ejnar Hertzsprung (8th October, 1873 - 21st October, 1967), a Danish chemist and astronomer, and Henry Norris Russell (25th October, 1877 - 18th February, 1957), an American astronomer, developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram in 1910. Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams show the relationships and differences between stars by plotting them on graphs which measure their luminosity against their temperature and colour.

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