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
Carina
surface form: Eta Carinae