| eta Carinae | which takes place primarily within the core |   |   | from the point of view of Earth |   | or center of gravity | greater than 1000 Kelvin | hydrogen, helium |   |   | which depends on luminosity class | - R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z and the genitive of the latin constellation name
 - 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
 - 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
 - V 335, V 336, etc., when the double letter designations are exhausted
 
  |   |   |   | star catalog | from the point of view of Earth's orbit |   |   | determined from proper motion and radial velocity | bright blue variable | which is diffused out from the hotter core |   |   |   | greater than 0.08 the sun's mass | within a period of decades |   | some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds | 0.2 magnitudes or greater |   |   |   | gravitational contraction and or fusion |