Luminous blue variables (LBVs) are rare, massive, evolved stars that show unpredictable and sometimes dramatic variations in their spectra and brightness...

these are small except for two distinct instability regions where luminous blue variables (LBVs) and yellow hypergiants are found. Because of their high...

giants Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) A blue supergiant (BSG) is a hot, luminous star, often...

This is a list of luminous blue variable stars in order of their distance from Earth. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is around 163 kly distant and the...

Earth, it is a hypergiant luminous blue variable (LBV) star of spectral type B1-2 Ia-0ep that is one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way. The...

them. Although no supernovae have been observed in NGC 3109 yet, a luminous blue variable, designated AT 2018akx (type LBV, mag. 17.5), was discovered by...

that Sk -69 202 may have been a luminous blue variable in the recent past, although it was apparently a normal luminous supergiant at the time it exploded...

supernova was visible starting 5 February 1941. NGC 4559 is home to the luminous blue variable AT 2016blu (also known as PSN J12355230+2755559, or as NGC 4559OT)...

lives in the blue giant stage. Because O-type and B-type stars with a giant luminosity classification are often somewhat more luminous than their normal...

Blue giants Bright giants Supergiants Red supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) Supergiants are among the most massive and most luminous stars...

Przybilla, Norbert; Nieva, M. -Fernanda (2011). "Red Supergiants, Luminous Blue Variables and Wolf-Rayet stars: The single massive star perspective". Bulletin...

class of variables is named after Beta Cephei. Classical Cepheids (or Delta Cephei variables) are population I (young, massive, and luminous) yellow supergiants...

Bomans, D. J.; Burggraf, Birgitta (2014). "Luminous and Variable Stars in M31 and M33. II. Luminous Blue Variables, Candidate LBVS, Fe II Emission Line Stars...

roughly 160,000 light-years away. The star is a luminous blue variable, and one of the most luminous stars known, having a luminosity varying widely above...

54 years. The primary is an extremely unusual star, similar to a luminous blue variable (LBV). It was initially 150–250 M☉, of which it has already lost...

low-luminosity post-red supergiant luminous blue variables to collapse, most likely as a Type IIn supernova. Several examples of hot luminous progenitors of Type IIn...

2007). "Discovery of a Nearby Twin of SN 1987A's Nebula around the Luminous Blue Variable HD 168625: Was Sk -69 202 an LBV?". The Astronomical Journal. 133...

well-established in all cases, it may be termed a "hot companion". The luminous blue variable Eta Carinae has been determined to be a binary star system. The...

LBV 1806−20 is a candidate luminous blue variable (LBV) and likely binary star located around 28,000 light-years (8,700 pc) from the Sun, towards the center...

FeII lines in its spectrum. They are potentially quiescent hot luminous blue variables. Eta Carinae has been described as a prototypical example. An iron...

the constellation Mensa. It is classified as a luminous blue variable and is one of the most luminous stars in the LMC. It lies three arc-minutes southwest...

symbols are used for white dwarfs than for other types of stars: Luminous blue variables (LBVs) are rare, massive and evolved stars that show unpredictable...

time. The Pistol Star, a luminous blue variable is 1.6 million times brighter than the Sun making it one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way. Figer...

the most massive and luminous stars, but it does have the distinction of hosting two of the extremely rare luminous blue variables, the Pistol Star and...

Schuyler (2006). "The Type IIn Supernova 2002kg: The Outburst of a Luminous Blue Variable Star in NGC 2403". arXiv:astro-ph/0603025. Mehner, A.; Baade, D...

constellation of Carina. It is classified as a luminous blue variable (LBV) and is one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way. The great distance (20...

NGC 2363-V1 is a luminous blue variable star in the star-forming region NGC 2363, at the far southwestern part of the irregular galaxy NGC 2366 in the...

theoretical models. Stars increase in luminosity as they age, and a more luminous star must radiate energy more quickly to maintain equilibrium. For stars...

HD 160529 (V905 Scorpii) is a luminous blue variable (LBV) star located in the constellation of Scorpius. With an apparent magnitude of around +6.8 it...

Large Binocular Telescope LBV – (celestial object) luminous blue variable, a type of very bright variable star LCDM – (astrophysics terminology) Lambda cold...