The main sequence of the
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is the
curve along which the majority of
stars are located. Stars on this band are known as main-sequence stars or dwarf stars. This line is so pronounced because both the
spectral type and the
luminosity depend only on a star's mass (to
zeroth order) as long as it is
fusing hydrogen—and that is what almost all stars spend most of their "active" life doing. These main-sequence (and therefore "normal") stars are called dwarf stars not because they are unusually small. They simply have smaller radii and are less luminous than the other main type of stars, the
giant stars. "
White dwarfs" are a different kind of star which are indeed small.
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