Re: Star categories

Tom Hise wrote:
>
> On 21 Jan 2006 10:33:23 -0800, "RMOLLISE" <rmollise@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Alas...the "RNS" designations have been superceded now (largely by
> >"C"). It's a shame, because I used to be able to teach my students the
> >mnemonic:
> >
> >"Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Right Now Smack."
> >
> >Always being careful to _also_ tell them Miss Dorothy's favorite:
> >
> >"Only Boys Accepting Feminism Get Kissed Meaningfully."
>
> You can tell how long it's been since I took an astronomy class.
>
> The mnemonic I learned from W. P. Bidelman was: "Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me
> Right Now Sugar"

The version I read somewhere (something by Asimov, perhaps?) about
thirty years ago was similar, but included the designation for
Wolf-Rayet stars at the blue end: "Wow! Oh, Be A Fine Girl: Kiss Me
Right Now, Sweetheart."

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Odysseus
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