Published:
October 1, 2005
| Stellar spectral types originally followed alphabetical order. But as astronomers observed more stars and obtained more detailed spectra, they consolidated some categories and re-ordered the remaining ones. This left seven basic stellar types, designated OBAFGKM, which generations of astronomers and science-fiction readers have learned through the mnemonic "Oh, Be A Fine Girl (or Guy), Kiss Me." |
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