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R Coronae Borealis variable comparison table
Subject has spectral type has reference is part of has extent has age has surface temperature is an instance of has velocity has surface density has optical brightness variation has star surface temperature has V magnitude has parallax has light curve has observational problem has position on celestial sphere has location has angular momentum has radiation at surface has acronym has B magnitude has temperature has prototype has recovery time has spectra has proper motion has amplitude has energy source has energy production has outburst spectra has catalog has outburst start time has absolute magnitude has U magnitude has volume has hydrogen line strength has momentum has peak brightness has apparent magnitude has material has mass has name designated with has observable variation time scale has synonym has definition has luminosity class
R Coronae BorealisF star (F8-G0 Ib)Whitney, B.A., Soker, N., Clayton, G.C. : 1991, AJ 102, 284. Model for R Coronae Borealis starsCorona Borealis  greater than 1000 KelvinR Coronae Borealis variabledetermined from proper motion and radial velocitywhich depends on luminosity class0.2 magnitudes or greater  from the point of view of Earth's orbit some difficulty in distinguishing between various kindsfrom the point of view of Earthor center of gravity which is diffused out from the hotter coreCV  R Corona Borealisseveral months to a year  6th magnitude to 14th magnitudegravitational contraction and or fusionwhich takes place primarily within the corewith many emission-linesstar catalogwithin a few weeks   weak   hydrogen, heliumgreater than 0.08 the sun's mass
  1. R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z and the genitive of the latin constellation name
  2. RR, RS, RT, RU, RV, RW, RX, RY, or RZ and the genitive of the latin constellation name when the single letter designations are exhausted
  3. AA...AZ, BB...BZ, etc. (omitting J), which ends with QQ...QZ and the genitive of the latin constellation namewhen the RR...RZ designations are exhausted
  4. V 335, V 336, etc., when the double letter designations are exhausted
within a period of decadesexplosive variableStar with a large infrared excess and a rather high 7Li abundance.I

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