Posted: Jan 04, 2017 2:51 pm
newolder wrote:If the star is "in the main sequence" (Hertzprung Russell) then it's not (yet) a white dwarf.
Splitting hairs, because not all stars end up as white dwarves or go through a red giant phase, or a main sequence star.
EDIT: The more massive stars, that end up as neutron stars or black holes, for example.