Plate 5. Schematic Hertzsprung-Russell diagram showing stars on a brightness-temperature grid.

The most massive

stars having the highest temperatures and greatest brightness appear toward the upper left. The least massive stars hav-
ing the lowest temperatures and least brightness appear in the lower right. The evolutionary path of the sun is traced
through the stages of protostar, normal, red giant, and white dwarf

Plate 6. The Pleiades form an open cluster of stars. The diffuse reflections of light come from interstellar gas and dust,
the materials from which protostars are formed. (Palomar/California Institute of Technology photograph)