Epsilon Piscium is
an orange giant star belonging to the stellar class K0 III, slightly larger and more luminous than the Sun.
The Hyades cluster is a bright object in Taurus, but the view is partially ruined by Aldebaran - a brilliant
orange giant star that lies in front of the cluster at less than half the distance.
Capella Ab is a yellow -
orange giant star of spectral and luminosity type G1 III, with rotationally broadened spectral lines.
Capella Aa is a yellow -
orange giant star of spectral and luminosity type G8 - K0 IIIe.
Not exact matches
Some of the
stars still shine with a hot bluish colour, but many of the more massive ones have become red
giants and glow with a rich
orange hue.
© Torben Krogh & Mogens Winther, (Amtsgymnasiet and EUC Syd Gallery, student photo used with permission) HD 181433 is an
orange - red
star (similar to Epsilon Eridani at left center of meteor) that may have already evolved into a subgiant, but is probably not yet a
giant,
star.
HD 181433 may be a subgiant rather than a main - sequence,
orange - red dwarf
star (Sousa et al, 2008; and ARICNS), but is probably not an
giant,
star (SIMBAD) of spectral and luminosity type K3 - 5 V - III.
This helium - burning,
orange - red
giant stage is relatively brief, lasting tens to hundreds of million years (e.g., lasting around 700 million years for a
star of one Solar mass).
Arcturus is a
orange - red
giant star of spectral and luminosity type K1.5 IIIpe.
This helium - burning,
orange - red
giant stage is relatively brief, lasting tens to hundreds of million years (e.g., lasting around 700 million years for a
star of one Solar mass like the Sun).
A highly evolved,
orange - red
giant star, Arcturus is still much smaller than the red supergiant Betelgeuse, at left.
Aldebaran A is a
orange - red
giant star of spectral and luminosity type K5 III.
A highly evolved,
orange - red
giant star, Aldebaran A is still much smaller than the red supergiant Betelgeuse, at left.
As a highly evolved and relatively cool
orange - red
giant, single
star, Pollux is not much like its «twin»
star Castor, which is actually composed of three sets of binary
stars (as many as four bluish - white, main sequence
stars with two fainter companions).
A highly evolved,
orange - red
giant star, Pollux is still much smaller than the red supergiant Betelgeuse, at left.
Theta Piscium has the stellar classification of K1 III, which means that the
star is another
orange giant.
The primary
star in the system is an
orange giant with the stellar classification of K5 III.
Spica, Alpha Virginis, is the brightest
star in Virgo and Menkent, Theta Centauri, is an
orange giant with a visual magnitude of 2.06.