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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Bright giant stars, Giant stars, Hypergiant stars, Main sequence stars, Subdwarf stars, Subgiant stars, Supergiant stars, White dwarfs, Chandrasekhar limit, Stellar classification, Sirius, Black dwarf, Procyon, Eta Carinae, HE0107-5240, IK Pegasi, VY Canis Majoris, V838 Monocerotis, List of largest known stars, List of most luminous stars, 40 Eridani, Van Maanen's star, Gliese 86, Hot intergalactic medium, Kapteyn's Star, Hypernova, R136a1, Rho Cassiopeiae, GJ 440, P Cygni, Epsilon Reticuli, VV Cephei, 31 Aquilae, GD 362, LP 944-020, NN Serpentis, PSR B1620-26, PG 1159 star, LBV 1806-20, Pistol Star, ADS 16402, GJ 742, WASP-16, HR 4796, Electron degeneracy pressure, KOI-81, Subdwarf B star, DP Leonis, OY Carinae, KOI-74, Mu Cassiopeiae, HD 36960, QS Virginis, RX J0806.3+1527, Zeta Capricorni, S Doradus, Tau Orionis, Mira B, Yellow hypergiant, DEN 0255-4700, HU Aquarii, WD 0137-349, R 66 and R 126, V1094 Scorpii, V718 Persei, VX Sagittarii, AA Tauri, HD 203857, Rho Ophiuchi, NSVS 06507557, AG Draconis, Z Chamaeleontis, Mu Normae, Upsilon1 Hydrae, Lambda Mensae, V509 Cassiopeiae, WOH G64, SSSPM J1549-3544, V382 Carinae, HR 6902, 15 Andromedae, 27 Hydrae, Carbon detonation, BD+05 706, Gliese 428, UY Sextantis, 46 Aquilae, 32 G. Hydrae, Gliese 223.2, V560 Carinae, HD 37974, WD 0346+246, Delta Doradus, RW Cephei, HDE 268835, SU Andromedae, HD 85828, PV Telescopii, HD 93205, Omicron Draconis, GD 40, Gliese 435, 2MASS 0532+8246, HR Carinae, 4 Sagittarii, SSSPM J1013-1356, S Persei, HD 111031, 15 Orionis, Zeta Mensae, Delta Octantis, 6 Cassiopeiae, HIP 9582, HD 820, WD B1620-26, SAO 158687, IRS 8*. Excerpt: A white dwarf, also called a degenerate dwarf, is a small star composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. They are very dense; a white dwarf's mass is comparable to that of the Sun and its volume is comparable to tha...