Transient class · Optical / UV
Eruptive Variable Star
Stars whose brightness changes irregularly through eruptions and flares — from the giant eruptions of luminous blue variables to the flares of young and magnetically-active stars.
Observed across & involves
Knowledge connections
- Associated withVisible light
- Associated withUltraviolet
- Associated withVariable-Star Observing
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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