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Luminous Blue Variables Need Not Be Blue

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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.

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de Jager, C., van Genderen, A.M. (1989). Luminous Blue Variables Need Not Be Blue. In: Davidson, K., Moffat, A.F.J., Lamers, H.J.G.L.M. (eds) Physics of Luminous Blue Variables. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 157. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1031-7_15

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