SELECTED POPULAR ARTICLES

THE SPECTRAL SEQUENCE, J. B. Kaler

A series of ten articles on stellar spectral types published by Sky and Telescope:

• I. Origins of the Spectral Sequence, vol. 71, p. 129, Feb. 1986.
• II. The M Stars: Supergiants to Dwarfs, vol. 71, p. 450, May 1986.
• III. The K Stars: Orange Giants and Dwarfs, vol. 72, p. 130, August 1986.
• IV. Cousins of Our Sun: The G Stars, vol. 72, p. 450, Nov. 1986.
• V. The Temperate F Stars, vol. 73, p. 131, Feb. 1987.
• VI. White Sirian Stars: Class A, vol. 73, p. 491, May 1987.
• VII. The B Stars: Beacons of the Skies vol. 74, p. 147, August 1987.
• VIII. The Spectacular O Stars, vol. 74, p. 465, Nov. 1987.
• IX. Extraordinary Spectral Types, vol. 75, p. 149, Feb. 1988.
• X. Journeys on the HR Diagram, vol. 75, p. 483, May 1988.


• Realm of the Hottest Stars, J.B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol. 18, February 1990, p. 22.
• The Coolest Stars, J.B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol. 18, p. 20, May 1990.
• The Largest Stars in the Galaxy, J.B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol. 18, p. 30, October 1990.
• The Brightest Stars in the Galaxy, J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol. 19, p. 30, May 1991.
• The Smallest Stars in the Universe, J, B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol.19, p. 30, November 1991.
• Planetary Nebulae in Other Galaxies, J. B. Kaler, Stardate, vol. 19, p. 4, 1991.
• The Faintest Stars in the Galaxy, J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol. 19,p. 26, August 1991.
• Watching the Death of a Star, J. B. Kaler, Scientific American, vol. 266, p. 134, May 1992.
• Hypergiants, J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol. 22, p. 32, March 1994.
• Stellar Oddballs, J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol. 22, p. 51, September 1994.
• Extreme Stars: At the Edge of Stellar Behavior," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol. 25, p. 54, January, 1997.
• Ask Astro, J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol. 25, p. 86, July, 1997.
• Elements of the Universe. The Teacher's Guide, S. Kennedy and J.B. Kaler, Jensan Educational Products, 1997.
• Birth and Maturity, J. B. Kaler, Astronomy Now, vol. 12, p. 45, June, 1998.
• Eyewitness to Stellar Evolution, J. B. Kaler, Sky and Telescope, vol. 97, p. 40, March, 1999.
• Three Astronomies: 1999 Armand N. Spitz Lecture, J. B. Kaler, The Planetarian, vol. 12 (March), p. 5, 2000.
• Beyond the Rainbow, J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, vol. 28, p. 38, September, 2000.
• Stars in the Cellar: Classes Lost and Found, J. B. Kaler, Sky and Telescope, vol. 100, p. 38, September, 2000.
• Lighting the Nebulae, J. B. Kaler, Mercury, vol. 31, p. 17, 2002.
• Day Into Night, J. B. Kaler, Ninth Letter, vol. 1 No. 2, Fall Winter, 2005.
• Stellar Stories, a suite of 24 articles on stars and constellations, 2002 through 2013.

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