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Originally Posted by shelltree
Turns out I just needed a better scientific calculator and Windows 7 calculator is pathetic 
So, if we use the example of Alpha Centauri again, being 1.09 solar masses, then the equation would be the following? ((1.09/1)^-2.5)x10^10, which equates to 8,061,832,212.95
Is that correct? I haven't checked out the link for Wolf Rayet stars yet but I might start reading some of it now  |
Yep, that's correct
There's a textbook you can buy, called "Stellar Spectral Classification" by Richard Gray and Christopher Corbally. It's very in depth and is for graduate students and lecturers, but it isn't too onerous that you wouldn't be able to follow much of what's written in the book. It's the recommended text for studying spectra, actually. If you want to get it, goto
Fishpond.com.