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...

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

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

HD 37836 is a candidate luminous blue variable located in the Large Magellanic Cloud and one of the brightest stars in its galaxy. The star was first mentioned...

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

Andromedae (AE And) is a luminous blue variable (LBV), a type of variable star. The star is one of the most luminous variables in M31, the Andromeda Galaxy...

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...

Pistol Star (or V4647 Sagittarii) is an extremely luminous blue hypergiant star, one of the most luminous and massive known stars in the Milky Way. It is...

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...

HR Carinae is a luminous blue variable star located in the constellation Carina. It is surrounded by a vast nebula of ejected nuclear-processed material...