Chitral Astronomical Society
Skies over the Hindu Kush
Star
Any object below the hydrogen-fusion limit.
Catch-all term for brown dwarfs and rogue planets — bodies with insufficient mass to sustain hydrogen fusion (under ~80 Jupiter masses).
See also
Subdwarf
A small, hot star below the main sequence.
Sirius
The brightest star in the night sky.
Polaris
The North Star — the sky's pivot.
Betelgeuse
A doomed red supergiant in Orion.
Vega
The summer beacon, future pole star.
The Sun
Our local star — the engine of the Solar System.
