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    S Doradus (also known as S Dor) is one of the brightest stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located roughly...
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    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...
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    Tarantula Nebula (redirect from 30 Doradus)
    The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is a large H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), forming its south-east corner (from Earth's...
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    Dorado (redirect from Doradus)
    prototype of S Doradus variable stars. The variable star R Doradus 5.73 has the largest-known apparent size of any star other than the Sun. Gamma Doradus is the...
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    lines. S Doradus, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, in the southern constellation of Dorado. Prototype variable, LBVs are still sometimes called S Doradus variables...
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    R Doradus (HD 29712 or P Doradus) is a red giant variable star in the far-southern constellation Dorado, close to the border with Reticulum. Its distance...
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    1997 when a group of astronomers measured R Doradus with a diameter of 57.0±0.5 mas, although R Doradus, being much closer to Earth at about 200 ly,...
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    star catalogue". New Haven. Bibcode:1991bsc..book.....H. Bessell, Michael S. (2005). "Standard Photometric Systems". Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics...
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    as IRC +10420. Notably its luminosity is similar to that of LBVs like S Doradus during an outburst. It also shares some characteristics with the A-type...
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    Bibcode:2002ASPC..261...77T. Kalari, V. M.; Vink, J. S.; Dufton, P. L.; Fraser, M. (2018-10-01). "How common is LBV S Doradus variability at low metallicity?". Astronomy...
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    Benetti, S.; Cappellaro, E.; Pastorello, A.; Terreran, G.; Morales-Garoffolo, A; Howerton, S. C.; Valenti, S.; Kankare, E.; Drake, A. J.; Djorgovski, S. G.;...
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  • Kuiper belt object SDOR – (celestial object) S DORadus, a class of eruptive variable stars named after S Doradus, the archetype for the class SDSS – (observing...
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    Retrieved 15 August 2023. Welch, Brian; Coe, Dan; Zackrisson, Erik; Mink, S. E. de; Ravindranath, Swara; Anderson, Jay; Brammer, Gabriel; Bradley, Larry;...
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    meters Pistol Star 4.7 × 1011 meters 4.7 × 1011 meters R Doradus — 5.2 × 1011 meters S Doradus 7.7 × 1011 meters 7.7 × 1011 meters Distance from Jupiter...
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  • 345 d Mira variable (M)   η Car Carina Burchell, 1827 -0m.8 7m.9 8.6 S Doradus (SDOR) "The unpredictable supergiant" l Car Carina   3m.28 4m.18 0.90...
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    roughly constant luminosity. LBVs in the quiescent state lie on a narrow S Doradus instability strip, with more luminous stars being hotter. In outburst...
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    269445 and Hen S 131. The star's luminosity was estimated to be around 4 million L☉. A year later, it was classified as a possible S Doradus variable. A...
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    ly). It contains several luminous stars including S Doradus, LH41-1042, and LMC195-1. Its peculiar S-shaped structure is difficult to explain with classical...
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    Astronomy. 34: 493. Bibcode:1926PA.....34..493H. Shapley, Harlow (1925). "S Doradus, a Super-giant Variable Star". Harvard College Observatory Bulletin. 814:...
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    E.S.; Asmus, D.; Agliozzo, C.; Szeifert, T.; Stahl, O. (2017). "Spectroscopic and photometric oscillatory envelope variability during the S Doradus outburst...
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    based on Corben's 1966 catalogue. At the time it was considered a "cool S Doradus variable", a class including stars such as Rho Cassiopeiae that are now...
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    loss is fairly common among giants and supergiants. Also known as the S Doradus variables, the most luminous stars known belong to this class. Examples...
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    observed just below the luminosity where the bistability jump crosses the S Doradus instability strip (not to be confused with the Cepheid instability strip)...
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    J. Th.; Vink, J. S. (2013). "The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. XI. A census of the hot luminous stars and their feedback in 30 Doradus". Astronomy & Astrophysics...
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    Gamma Doradus, Latinized from γ Doradus, is the third-brightest star in the southern constellation of Dorado. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with...
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  • star charts to feature several blue magnitude (B) comparison stars. e.g. S Doradus and WZ Sagittae.[clarification needed] Photographic photometric methods...
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    characteristic types of variability. It has been classified as dormant or ex-S Doradus variable, an older name for LBVs. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration)...
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    G Doradus (HD 37297; HR 1917; 28 G. Doradus) is a spectroscopic binary located in the southern constellation Dorado, the dolphinfish. It has an apparent...
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  • 1093/mnras/stv2278. ISSN 0035-8711. Trippe, S.; Martins, F.; Ott, T.; Paumard, T.; Abuter, R.; Eisenhauer, F.; Gillessen, S.; Genzel, R.; Eckart, A.; Schödel,...
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    Bibcode:2022MNRAS.515....1D. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1617. Van Genderen, A. M. (2001). "S Doradus variables in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds". Astronomy and Astrophysics...
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