http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/07/tiny-new-star
Interesting tidbit:
It’s an ultracool M-dwarf star, slightly bigger than Saturn, so if we assume that Starkiller Base is about the same size as Earth, that would bring this into the realm of the comprehensible:
Very interesting! The diversity of stars in the universe is breathtaking, from this one to the uncombrehensible hypergiants.
By the color of the star Starkiller Base is draining, and how it appears in the sky from the planet’s surface, I always assumed it was a yellow, type G main sequence star. However, it could be argued that it’s an orange or red dwarf, and SKB is orbiting relatively close to it.
Now that I think about it, it’s also peculiar that once the star is half way drained, it appears even whiter than originally. Shouldn’t it get redder as it’s losing mass and heat…?