Hi i'm Vidalia and I will be teaching you the life cycle of a Low Mass star.
A Low Mass Star starts off as a Nebula. A Nebula is a huge cloud of intersteller Material.
The Next Stage after the Nebuals is the Protostar. The Protostar is a Mutual gravitation between the particles in a nebula pulls the cloud into a ball that continues to shrink under the influence of gravity.
The next stage is the Main Sequence. The way the main sequence works is As a protostar shrinks,Pressure and temperature rise. When the central tempurature reaches about 15 million C. Some of the H nucleai fuse to form He nucleai. Ignition marks the change from protostar to star.
After the Main Sequence is the Red giant. The Red Giant H core will covert to He then contract under the force of its own gravity.
Next is the Planetary Nebula. The cores are not massive enought to reach tempertures required beyond C. So they shrink.
Their outer layers are sometimes cast off to form expanding shells that resemble smoke rings which is the planetary nebula.
The last stage of a Low Mass Star is the White Dwarf stage. When the White Dwarf finally burns out, its no longer a star but a stellar remnant.