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Because it would be a) Massive - 100 times what our Sun is. b) It wouldn't contain any metals and c) it would have burnt out billions of years ago.

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We know the sun is not a first-generation star because it contains elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, which were formed in the cores of earlier stars and spread into space through supernova explosions. These heavier elements, like oxygen, carbon, and iron, are detected in the sun's spectrum and indicate that it formed from the remnants of previous generations of stars.

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Because it has elements other than Helium and hydrogen while still on the main sequence.

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Is our sun a 1st generation star?

Our Sun is a population I star, that does not mean it is first generation - that title is held by population III stars. Our Sun is a 3rd (maybe 4th) generation star. See related question.


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What evidence proves that the sun is a second generation star?

The composition of the Sun, with heavy elements like carbon and oxygen, indicates that it formed from the remnants of previous generations of stars that had already undergone fusion. This is in contrast to first generation stars, which would have had only hydrogen and helium. Additionally, studies of other second-generation stars in the Milky Way provide further evidence for the Sun being part of this later stellar generation.


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What are the forms of a star?

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Is the sun a first mag star?

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