Check out this movie that shows the evolution of the sun to a white dwarf;
<a href="http://rainman.astro.illinois.edu/ddr/stellar/archive/suntrackson.mpg" target="new">Low Mass</a>
<a href="http://rainman.astro.illinois.edu/ddr/stellar/archive/intermediatemasslife.mpg" target="new">Intermediate Mass</a>
<a href="http://rainman.astro.illinois.edu/ddr/stellar/archive/highmassdeath.mpg" target="new">High Mass</a>