Imagine That Powerful Telescopes in the Future Give Us a Truly

question 23

Multiple Choice

Imagine that powerful telescopes in the future give us a truly representative sampling of all the stars in the Sun's cosmic neighborhood. Where on the H-R diagram would most of the stars in our immediate vicinity lie?

• A) in the upper right, among the supergiants
• B) in the upper left, among the bright main sequence stars
• C) in the middle of the main sequence, roughly where the Sun is
• D) in the lower left, among the white dwarfs
• E) in the lower right, among the least luminous main sequence stars

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