In astronomy, a star is known as “ dwarf ” when its Classe of luminosity is V. That means that the star is young and is, in the Diagramme HR, still on the principal sequence.

It should not be confused with stars called dwarf white or dwarf brown which is both of the stellar states of development completion different.

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By decreasing order of temperature of surface:

• Dwarf blue
• Dwarf blue-white
• white Star of the principal sequence
• Dwarf yellow-white
• Dwarf yellow
• Dwarf Dwarf orange
• red

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