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Luminous blue variable AG Carinae as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Luminous blue variables (LBVs) are rare, massive and evolved stars that show unpredictable and sometimes dramatic variations in their spectra and brightness. They are also known as S Doradus variables after S Doradus, one of the brightest stars of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Star system Nebula Median distance Stars in system Spectral type Apparent magnitude (V) Comments and references P Cygni (34 Cygni) 5251±180: 1: B1-2 Ia-0ep: 4.82: The closest luminous blue variable star to Earth V4029 Sagittarii (HD 168607) 6,000 1 B9Ia + 8.12 to 8.29 [4] [5] near the Omega Nebula: V905 Scorpii (HD 160529) 6,100 1 LBV 6.66 [4] [5]
Paranal Observatory nights. [3] The concept of noctcaelador tackles the aesthetic perception of the night sky. [4]Depending on local sky cloud cover, pollution, humidity, and light pollution levels, the stars visible to the unaided naked eye appear as hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of white pinpoints of light in an otherwise near black sky together with some faint nebulae or clouds ...
Rigel and the IC 2118 nebula which it illuminates.. It was once believed that blue supergiants originated from a "feeding" with the interstellar medium when stars passed through interstellar dust clouds, [11] [8] although the current consensus is that blue supergiants are evolved high-mass stars, larger and more luminous than main-sequence stars.
These stars also evolve through the core helium burning stage at constant luminosity, first increasing in temperature then decreasing again as they move toward the AGB. However, at the blue end of the horizontal branch, it forms a "blue tail" of stars with lower luminosity, and occasionally a "blue hook" of even hotter stars. [7]
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A dark nebula or absorption nebula is a type of interstellar cloud, particularly molecular clouds, that is so dense that it obscures the visible wavelengths of light from objects behind it, such as background stars and emission or reflection nebulae.
Star system Median distance Stars in system Spectral type Apparent magnitude (V) Comments and references No of Stars Cluster HD 27482: 151: 1: B8V: The Closest Blue Straggler star to Earth. 5 Hyades: HD 27130: 153: 1: B8V: Chi Tauri: 153: 1: B9.5V: 71 Tauri: 153: 1: B8V: HD 283579: 153: 1: B9.5V: 13 Comae Berenices: 260 ± 20: 1: A3 V: 5.17: 3 ...