luminous blue variable Comparison Table

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luminous blue variable comparison table

Subject has spectral type has optical brightness variation has observational problem is a kind of has name designated with has observable variation time scale has synonym has definition

early star O, B, A, and early F star Hot star of spectral types O, B, A, and early F.

variable 0.2 magnitudes or greater some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds star
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 a star whose apparent magnitude varies by at least 0.1 magnitudes in the visible spectrum (a star whose optical brightness variations can be detected by the human eye)

luminous blue variable O, B, A, and early F 0.2 magnitudes or greater some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds early star
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 Hubble-Sandage variable A variable-star designation for the high-luminosity early type objects.

Subject	has spectral type	has optical brightness variation	has observational problem	is a kind of	has name designated with	has observable variation time scale	has synonym	has definition
early star	O, B, A, and early F			star				Hot star of spectral types O, B, A, and early F.
variable		0.2 magnitudes or greater	some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds	star	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		a star whose apparent magnitude varies by at least 0.1 magnitudes in the visible spectrum (a star whose optical brightness variations can be detected by the human eye)
luminous blue variable	O, B, A, and early F	0.2 magnitudes or greater	some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds	early star	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	Hubble-Sandage variable	A variable-star designation for the high-luminosity early type objects.

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