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There are several equivalent versions of the Hertzspung-Russell diagrams of stars. The horizontal axis is either the surface temperature (increasing to the left). The vertical axis measures the luminosity (increasing upwards) or absolute magnitude (increasing downwards).

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Q: What are the x and y axis of the h-r diagram?
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