Bright giant

The luminosity class II in the Yerkes spectral classification is given to bright giants.  These are stars which straddle the boundary between ordinary giants and supergiants, based on the appearance of their spectra. The bright giant luminosity class was first defined in 1943.

Example bright giants
Well known stars which are classified as bright giants include:
 Alpha Carinae (Canopus): a white (A-type) bright giant
 Epsilon Canis Majoris (Adhara): a blue-white (B-type) bright giant
 Omicron Scorpii: a white (A-type) bright giant
 Theta Scorpii (Sargas): a white (F-type) bright giant
 Beta Draconis: a yellow (G-type) bright giant
 Beta Capricorni (Dabih): an orange (K-type) bright giant
 Alpha Herculis (Rasalgethi): a red (M-type) bright giant
 Gamma Canis Majoris (Muliphein) a (B-Type) bright giant

See also
Red giant

References

 
Category:Star types