The leading explanation is that Epsilon Aurigae consists of
a yellow giant star orbited by a normal star slightly bigger than the Sun embedded in a thick disc of dust and gas oriented nearly edge on when viewed from Earth.
Dupree and her colleagues came to this conclusion after observing HD 6833,
a yellow giant star in the constellation of Cassiopeia, which resembles the giant stars in globular clusters.
Not exact matches
The
yellow star eventually evolved into a red
giant and transferred its mass to the neutron
star, which sped up to become a pulsar.
«Long after our own plain
yellow sun expands to become a red
giant star and turns Earth into a sizzling hot wasteland, there are still regions in our solar system — and other solar systems as well — where life might thrive,» says Kaltenegger.
Capella Aa is a
yellow - orange
giant star of spectral and luminosity type G8 - K0 IIIe.
Capella Ab is a
yellow - orange
giant star of spectral and luminosity type G1 III, with rotationally broadened spectral lines.
In about five billion years, our own Sun will make the transition from a main - sequence
yellow dwarf
star, to a red
giant, with dramatic implications for Earth.
The planet, a gas
giant, orbits its primary
star (
yellow) in about a year's time.
SagDEG's «tidal stream» was also detected using red (M)
giant stars from the Two - Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), where Sol's location is depicted by the
yellow dot (more).
Through the arch lay 200 meters of no - man's land and then another white arch, glimmering in the distance like a mirage, a
yellow star and one word in
giant red letters — Vietnam.