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Luminous Blue Variables need not be blue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Cornells de Jager  and
Arnout M. van Genderen
Cornells de Jager
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Space Research Utrecht and Leiden Observatory
Arnout M. van Genderen
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Space Research Utrecht and Leiden Observatory

Abstract

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A number of yellow and red super- and hypergiants show phenomena that are similar to those shown by Luminous Blue Variables. The LBV phenomenon may not be restricted to the blue part of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and the conventional name ‘S Dor variables’ seems more appropriate.

Type
Section I: Main Papers, General Discussions, and Two Panel Discussions
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 113: Physics of Luminous Blue Variables , 1989 , pp. 127 - 130
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989

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