Why are low-mass stars often underrepresented in many stellar surveys?
Answer
Their low luminosity causes them to be missed by surveys relying on brightness detection.
The dimness of these low-mass stars means they are systematically underrepresented in surveys that rely on brightness detection, as those surveys are typically biased towards finding brighter, more massive stars.
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