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===Class A=== <!-- if this section is renamed, please add {{anchor|Class A}}--> {{See also|A-type main-sequence star}} [[File:A5V star spectrum.png|thumb|Spectrum of a hypothetical A5V star]] A-type stars are among the more common naked eye stars, and are white or bluish-white. They have strong hydrogen lines, at a maximum by A0, and also lines of ionized metals ([[iron|Fe]] II, [[magnesium|Mg]] II, [[silicon|Si]] II) at a maximum at A5. The presence of [[calcium|Ca]] II lines is notably strengthening by this point. About 1 in 160 (0.625%) of the main-sequence stars in the solar neighborhood are A-type stars,<ref group=lower-alpha name="proportions"/><ref name="LeDrew2001"/> which includes 9 stars within 15 parsecs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE 100 NEAREST STAR SYSTEMS |url=http://www.astro.gsu.edu/RECONS/TOP100.posted.htm |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=www.astro.gsu.edu}}</ref> '''Example spectral standards:'''<ref name="Garrison"/> * A0Van β [[Gamma Ursae Majoris]] * A0Va β [[Vega]] * A0Ib β [[Eta Leonis]] * A0Ia β [[HD 21389]] * A1V β [[Sirius|Sirius A]] * A2Ia β [[Deneb]] * A3Va β [[Fomalhaut]]
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