Low mass star Discipline: EducationMain Sequence Low mass stars spend billions of years fusing hydrogen to helium in their cores via the proton-proton chain. They usually have a convection zone, and the activity of the convection zone determines if the star has activity similar to the sunspot cycle on our Sun. Some small starsTags: planetary nebulawhite dwarfred gianthydrogen fusiondensity
Stages in a Star's Life Discipline: Education LCOGT's Star In A Box app demonstrates the life cycle of a star and allows you to choose the initial mass of a star and follow it through its life. Tags: planetary nebulacloudprotostarwhite dwarfred giant