A red dwarf is a type of star described in the conventions of stellar classification as a small and relatively cool type M red star classified as a dwarf. (ST reference: Star Charts)
Specifics[]
Two-thirds of all stars in the galaxy are M-type stars. (Last Unicorn RPG module: Star Trek: The Original Series Core Game Book, Decipher RPG module: Narrator's Guide)
The red dwarf type M0 V has an average brightness 0.01 that of Sol and mass 0.3 that of Sol. Its habitable zone ranges from 0.08 to 0.13 AU, and its gravitational influence reaches 3.6 AU. The red dwarf type M5 V has an average brightness 0.001 that of Sol and mass 0.2 that of Sol. Its habitable zone ranges from 0.0025 to 0.042 AU, and its influence reaches 1.6 AU. The age of these star types ranges from 8 to 24 billion years. (Decipher RPG module: Worlds)
Red dwarf stars remain unchanged for most of their existence, whereas brown dwarfs continually grow cooler. (TLE novel: The Buried Age)
They burn slower than other classes of stars. (Last Unicorn RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Core Game Book, Decipher RPG module: Narrator's Guide)
Animals evolving on planets orbiting dim red dwarfs are more likely to develop a sense of infrared vision. (Star Trek Adventures RPG module: The Sciences Division)
History[]
In 2281, several Warrantors of Peace were abandoned by Romulans on a planetoid in a red dwarf binary star system. The binaries were responsible for producing Earth-normal gravity and double shadows. (TOS novel: Dwellers in the Crucible)
In 2376 in system SY-911, the Genesis Wave transformed a yellow giant into a red dwarf. (TNG - The Genesis Wave novel: Book 1)
In 2370, energy from star within the Jenolan Dyson Sphere was drained through subspace into the sphere, aging the star into a red dwarf. (TNG novel: Dyson Sphere)
Alternate realities[]
In July 2374 of the First Splinter timeline, while tracking Juliana Tainer's homing beacon aboard Archeus, Data investigated the fourth planet in an unnamed system consisting of a main sequence yellow star, a red dwarf, and six planets. It was located 416.2 light years from where he first picked up the signal, not far from Orion. (TNG - Cold Equations novel: The Persistence of Memory)
In 2380, the gas giant Gorsach V appeared to be collapsing into a red dwarf, but instead it was drawn into a quantum fissure and disappeared. (TNG novel: Q & A)
Red dwarfs[]
Red dwarf stars[]
- 40 Eridani C (Vulcan system) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- 54 Orionis (Coridan system) [6] [7] [8] [9]
- 553 Trianguli (collapsed 2276) [10]
- Alpha Tauri B (Aldebaran system) [7] [8]
- Altanis Idrilion (Type M5 V) [11]
- Bersallis [2]
- Beta Thoridor [12]
- Bleak Prime's star [13]
- Cardassia [14]
- Cassandra [15]
- Deep Space Station K-7's star [16]
- Elba [2]
- Enavoro (Type G1 V) [17]
- Galor [2]
- Gliese 229 [18]
- Gliese 283 B (Babel's star) [19]
- Ibarri [20]
- Jenolan Dyson Sphere's star (2370) [21]
- Markov-Kalto system's red dwarf [22]
- Menk (Valakis's star) [17]
- Nanipia system's red dwarf [23]
- NGC-994 [24]
- NGC 8149 [25]
- Omega Fornacis A (Tiburon system) [7] [8]
- Proxima Centauri [1] [7] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
- Rikyu's star [32]
- Rimillia system [33]
- Ross 271 [19]
- Sigma-285 Trianguli region [34]
- Tithadi [35]
- Tantalus system's red dwarf [2]
- Thasus system's star [7]
- Thelema's red dwarf [36]
- UFC 465537 (Gateway's star) [7] [8] [18]
- Vagra [1]
- SY-911's star [37]
- Wolf 359 [16] [38] [39]
- Wolf 1246 [40]
- Zetar [7]
Red dwarf binary stars[]
- Alpha Aurigae system [41]
- Capella system [7] [8]
- Qhembembem Outpost's system stars [42]
- Tanebor's system's binary pair [30]
- Wolf 424 (Babel's star) [7]
Appendices[]
Connections[]
| Stellar classification | |
|---|---|
| By class and type | class O blue-violet star • class B blue star • class A blue-white star • class F white star (white dwarf) • class G yellow star (yellow dwarf • yellow giant) • class K orange star (orange giant) • class M red star (red dwarf • red giant • red supergiant) • boson star • brown dwarf • green star • N-type star • R-type star • S-type star • D-type star |
| By size or makeup | black hole/black star • carbon star • dwarf star (brown dwarf • red dwarf • white dwarf • yellow dwarf) • giant star (blue giant • red giant • orange giant • yellow giant) • Lazarus star • microstar • neutron star (collapsar • magnetar • pulsar) • protostar • supergiant • hypergiant • variable star • white hole • Wolf-Rayet star |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Last Unicorn RPG module: Planets of the UFP
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Decipher RPG module: Worlds
- ↑ Star Trek Adventures RPG module: Beta Quadrant Sourcebook
- ↑ VOY novel: Pathways
- ↑ TOS novel: Spock's World
- ↑ ENT episode: "Shadows of P'Jem"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 ST reference: Star Trek Maps
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 ST reference: Worlds of the Federation
- ↑ ENT novel: The Good That Men Do
- ↑ TOS - Rihannsu novel: The Empty Chair
- ↑ Last Unicorn RPG module: Raiders, Renegades & Rogues
- ↑ STO - From the Ashes mission: "Neutral No More"
- ↑ DS9 - Strange New Worlds II short story: "Change of Heart"
- ↑ Last Unicorn RPG module: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Narrator's Toolkit
- ↑ Last Unicorn RPG module: All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Last Unicorn RPG module: Star Trek: The Original Series Core Game Book
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Last Unicorn RPG module: The Andorians: Among the Clans
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 DTI novel: Forgotten History
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Tower of Babel
- ↑ DS9 - Prophecy and Change short story: "Chiaroscuro"
- ↑ TNG novel: Dyson Sphere
- ↑ VOY episode: "Time and Again"
- ↑ STO - Delta Quadrant mission: "Nanipia System Patrol"
- ↑ FASA RPG module: Denial of Destiny
- ↑ TOS - Myriad Universes - Infinity's Prism novel: A Less Perfect Union
- ↑ Last Unicorn RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Core Game Book
- ↑ TOS novel: Federation
- ↑ TOS - The Yesterday Saga novel: Time for Yesterday
- ↑ TOS novel: Crisis on Centaurus
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 TLE novel: The Buried Age
- ↑ ENT - The Romulan War novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing
- ↑ Star Trek Adventures RPG module: Hard Rock Catastrophe
- ↑ TOS novel: Twilight's End
- ↑ TOS - Rihannsu novel: My Enemy, My Ally
- ↑ FASA RPG module: The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge
- ↑ Star Trek Adventures RPG module: Strange New Worlds: Mission Compendium Vol. 2 mission: The Whole of the Law
- ↑ TNG - The Genesis Wave novel: Book 1
- ↑ Decipher RPG module: Narrator's Guide
- ↑ Stars article at ST website: StarTrek.com
- ↑ DTI novel: Watching the Clock
- ↑ TOS novel: Seasons of Light and Darkness
- ↑ ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: A Choice of Futures
- TAS - Log Three novelization: The Magicks of Megas-Tu
- TNG novel: Debtor's Planet
- VOY novel: Pathways
- DS9 - Prophecy and Change short story: "Chiaroscuro"
- TNG novel: Q & A
- TNG - Cold Equations novel: The Persistence of Memory
- DSC novel: Desperate Hours
- Star Trek Adventures RPG module: The Sciences Division
External links[]
- Red dwarf article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Red dwarf article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Red dwarf article at ST website: StarTrek.com.