Description: 超巨星是体积最大、亮度最高的恒星。它们可能比太阳大几百倍，比太阳亮几千倍。它们占据赫兹普朗-拉塞尔图的顶部区域，绝对目视星等在-3 到-8 之间。超巨星的温度范围从大约3400开尔文（K）到超过20000开尔文（K）不等，它们要么是大质量恒星，要么处于恒星演化的后期阶段。超巨星可以根据它们的光谱来识别，超巨星可以通过它们的光谱来识别，其特征谱线对高亮度和低表面重力敏感：这些光谱线与较小恒星的线宽相比是较窄的。超巨星的典型例子包括猎户座的参宿四和造父变星。

Related Terms:

• 巨星
• 红超巨星
• 恒星演化
• 光度等级

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