luminous blue variable

Also known as LBV, S Doradus variable, SDOR

class of variable stars; highly luminous blue pulsing super- or hypergiants

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Commons category: Luminous blue variable stars
short name: LBV
catalog code: SDOR

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Luminous blue variable AG Carinae as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope Luminous blue variables (LBVs) are rare, massive, evolved stars that show unpredictable and sometimes dramatic variations in their spectra and brightness. They are also known as S Doradus variables after S Doradus, one of the brightest stars of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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