#2009: Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

Expanded Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

[A scatter plot is shown, with the x-axis labeled Effective Temperature (in kelvins), and the y-axis Luminosity (watts).]

[Circled items in the top left (high temperature and high luminosity):]

Supergiants

Giants

Main sequence

White dwarfs

Brown dwarfs

[Items shown as points and their values:]

Betelgeuse: 3200 K, 1.6 × 1031 W

Vega: 10,000 K, 1.8 × 1028 W

Sun: 5800 K, 3.6 × 1026 W

Proxima Centauri: 2700 K, 2.0 × 1023 W

HD 189733 b: 2100 K, 4.8 × 1021 W

Interior of a hydrogen bomb during detonation: ~108 K, ~1020 W

Jupiter: 285 K, 1.2 × 1018 W

Venus: 330 K, 5.0 × 1017 W

Earth: 300 K, 3.0 × 1017 W

Mars: 255 K, 2.0 × 1016 W

Moon: 300 K, 1.2 × 1016 W

Nuclear Fireball: 8000 K, 2.0 × 1014 W

France: 300 K, 2.0 × 1014 W

Europa: 90 K, 3.5 × 1014 W

Lightning Bolt: 30,000 K, 30 GW

Ivanpah Solar Plant Salt Tank: 1200 K, 1.2 GW

Medium-sized Lava Lake: 800 K, 32 MW

Cruise Ship: 325 K, 30 MW

Campfire: 870 K, 7.0 kW

Blue whale: 280 K, 78 kW

Arc lamp: 6500 K, 150 W

Lightbulb: 4800 K, 75 W

LED Bulb: 5800 K, 8 W

Astronomer: 310 K, 100 W