Sirus and its white dwarf counterpart
A star is massive, luminous ball of plasma that is held together by gravity.
In Firefly, the star cluster known as "The 'Verse" contained five primary stars and seven protostars:
Original Star system
- Blue Sun (star) (Qing Long, the Blue Dragon of the East, Blue Sun system)
- Georgia (Huang Long, the Yellow Dragon of the Center, Georgia system)
- Kalidasa (Xuan Wu, the Black Tortoise of the North, Kalidasa system)
- Red Sun (Zhu Que, the Red Phoenix of the South, Red Sun system)
- Sol (Sol system)
- White Sun (Bai Hu, the White Tiger of the West, White Sun system)
Helioformed stars (protostars)
Trivia
- The names of the stars and star systems is a reference to the Chinese constellations, Four Symbols, and Twenty-Eight Mansions.