pre-main-sequence star

C40696
concept

A pre-main-sequence star is a young, contracting protostellar object that has not yet initiated stable hydrogen fusion in its core and is evolving toward the main sequence.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
young star 6
pre-main-sequence star canonical 5
intermediate-mass star 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: pre-main-sequence star
Generated description
A pre-main-sequence star is a young, contracting protostellar object that has not yet initiated stable hydrogen fusion in its core and is evolving toward the main sequence.

Instances (10)

Instance Via concept surface
R Coronae Australis
TY Coronae Australis
BD+30 549 young star
BD+30 540 young star
Herbig Ae/Be stars
HD 281159 young star
HD 25539 young star
HD 278942 young star
Shaula
surface form: Shaula C
Herschel 36 young star