epsilon Aurigae Comparison Table

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epsilon Aurigae comparison table

Subject has spectral type is part of has surface temperature has orbital period is an instance of has optical brightness variation has observational problem has color has distance has absorption line has abundance has primary is a kind of has name designated with has observable variation time scale has definition has number of star

eclipsing binary greater than 1000 Kelvin 0.2 magnitudes or greater some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems close binary
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
within a period of decades Eclipsing variables whose orbital plane lies so nearly in the line of sight that eclipses, as seen from the Earth, can occur and can be detected from their light curves. 2

white supergiant O, B, A, and early F 10000 K white H I A star A supergiant star with a spectral type of A. White supergiants are rare; the nearest is Deneb, which lies 1500 light-years away.

epsilon Aurigae O, B, A, and early F Auriga 10000 K 27 years eclipsing binary 0.2 magnitudes or greater some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds white 1 kpc H I half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems A8 Ia
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
within a period of decades An eclipsing binary with an invisible supergiant companion. The primary is an extremely luminous A8 Ia supergiant of 30 M_sun in a post-main-sequence stage of evolution; the secondary may be a collapsed star or black hole. It has at least six components. 2

Subject	has spectral type	is part of	has surface temperature	has orbital period	is an instance of	has optical brightness variation	has observational problem	has color	has distance	has absorption line	has abundance	has primary	is a kind of	has name designated with	has observable variation time scale	has definition	has number of star
eclipsing binary			greater than 1000 Kelvin			0.2 magnitudes or greater	some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds				half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems		close binary	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	within a period of decades	Eclipsing variables whose orbital plane lies so nearly in the line of sight that eclipses, as seen from the Earth, can occur and can be detected from their light curves.	2
white supergiant	O, B, A, and early F		10000 K					white		H I			A star			A supergiant star with a spectral type of A. White supergiants are rare; the nearest is Deneb, which lies 1500 light-years away.
epsilon Aurigae	O, B, A, and early F	Auriga	10000 K	27 years	eclipsing binary	0.2 magnitudes or greater	some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds	white	1 kpc	H I	half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems	A8 Ia		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	within a period of decades	An eclipsing binary with an invisible supergiant companion. The primary is an extremely luminous A8 Ia supergiant of 30 M_sun in a post-main-sequence stage of evolution; the secondary may be a collapsed star or black hole. It has at least six components.	2

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