| R Coronae Borealis | F star (F8-G0 Ib) | Whitney, B.A., Soker, N., Clayton, G.C. : 1991, AJ 102, 284. Model for R Coronae Borealis stars | Corona Borealis |  |  | greater than 1000 Kelvin | R Coronae Borealis variable | determined from proper motion and radial velocity | which depends on luminosity class | 0.2 magnitudes or greater |  |  | from the point of view of Earth's orbit |  | some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds | from the point of view of Earth | or center of gravity |  | which is diffused out from the hotter core | CV |  |  | R Corona Borealis | several months to a year |  |  | 6th magnitude to 14th magnitude | gravitational contraction and or fusion | which takes place primarily within the core | with many emission-lines | star catalog | within a few weeks |  |  |  | weak |  |  |  | hydrogen, helium | greater than 0.08 the sun's mass | R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z and the genitive of the latin constellation nameRR, RS, RT, RU, RV, RW, RX, RY, or RZ and the genitive of the latin constellation name when the single letter designations are exhaustedAA...AZ, BB...BZ, etc. (omitting J), which ends with QQ...QZ and the genitive of the latin constellation namewhen the RR...RZ designations are exhaustedV 335, V 336, etc., when the double letter designations are exhausted
 | within a period of decades | explosive variable | Star with a large infrared excess and a rather high 7Li abundance. | I |