Stellar classification
CLASSIFICATION OF STARS BASED ON THEIR SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS
Spectral class; Spectral type; Spectal type; Spectral classification; Stellar Classification; O B A F G K M; OBAFGKM; Star classification; Morgan-Keenan spectral classification; Luminosity class; Stellar class; Stellar classes; Class M star; Star spectrum; Late-type star; Early-type star; Star color; Star types; Secchi class; Star colour; Spectral classes; Yerkes spectral classification scheme; Yerkes luminosity classification; OBAFGKML; OBAFGKMLT; Type-A star; Spectral class T; Type-B star; Early star; Late star; K-type star; M-type star; Harvard Spectral Sequence; Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me; Oh, Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me; Oh, be a fine girl and kiss me; MK spectral class; Star colors; Star temperature; G8 star; Harvard classification; Secchi classes; Drapes classification; Henry-Draper system; Type a star; A1 (star); Spectral class A; Star categorization; G star; B star; F star; K star; M star; Secchi classification; Early-type stars; Late type star; Early type star; List of stellar classes; Types of Stars; OF star; Types of star; M3V; Star type; Kiss My Lips, Tootsie; A and B type stars; A type and B type stars; B type stars; Spectral Class; Harvard Spectral Classification System; Types of stars; Blue-white star; Blue-white main sequence star; Obafgkm; A type stars; Yerkes classification system; Y Dwarf; Harvard Classification Scheme; Morgan–Keenan classification; Morgan-Keenan classification; MK classification; MKK classification; Classification of stars; Star classes; Class L star; Class B star; Morgan's classification; History of stellar classification; Bright supergiant; Yerkes spectral classification; Spectral type A9; Spectral type F0; Secchi type I; Stellar spectral type; Class D star; Morgan–Keenan system; Morgan-Keenan system; M stars; M-class star; K-class star; G-class star; F-class star; A-class star; B-class star; O-class star; Stellar classification (astrophysics); MK spectral classification; Of?p star; Harvard spectral classification
In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. Electromagnetic radiation from the star is analyzed by splitting it with a prism or diffraction grating into a spectrum exhibiting the rainbow of colors interspersed with spectral lines.