How common are yellow dwarfs?

Jared, let me ask you a question in return. What type of star is a yellow dwarf? You may have to review the Hertzsprung-Rusell disgram to answer this question. read more

You may have to review the Hertzsprung-Rusell disgram to answer this question. There are many representations of the HR diagram of the Milky Way in text books and on the web. read more

Red dwarfs are low-mass main-sequence stars. Yellow dwarfs are main-sequence (dwarf) stars with masses comparable to that of the Sun. Orange dwarfs are K-type main-sequence stars. A blue dwarf is a hypothesized class of very-low-mass stars that increase in temperature as they near the end of their main-sequence lifetime. read more

Yellow dwarf stars are fairly common, making up about 7.5 percent of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy. A yellow dwarf can be solitary like the sun or part of a binary or multiple star system. Well-known yellow dwarfs visible from Earth with the naked eye include Alpha Centauri and Tau Ceti. read more