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Me star

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | 220 words | Copyright

Me star A star of spectral type M which shows emission lines of hydrogen (hence the suffix ‘e’). Me stars are often Mira stars (giants), but such emission lines are frequently found in M dwarfs (dMe stars).

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