luminous blue variable star

C31022
concept

A luminous blue variable star is a massive, hot, and highly unstable star that undergoes dramatic, irregular changes in brightness and mass loss over relatively short astronomical timescales.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
luminous blue variable star canonical 3
luminous blue variable candidate outburst 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: luminous blue variable star
Generated description
A luminous blue variable star is a massive, hot, and highly unstable star that undergoes dramatic, irregular changes in brightness and mass loss over relatively short astronomical timescales.

Instances (4)

Instance Via concept surface
Eta Carinae —
SN 1961V luminous blue variable candidate outburst
S Doradus —
Eta Carinae
linked to: Carina
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