RW Aurigae Comparison Table

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RW Aurigae comparison table

Subject has spectral type has surface temperature is an instance of has optical brightness variation has observational problem has color has symbol is a kind of has name designated with has observable variation time scale has synonym has definition has luminosity class

dwarf greater than 1000 Kelvin d star main sequence star Star with mass equal to or less than that of the sun. More generally, any star on or below the main sequence in the Hertzprung-Russell diagram. V

G star cooler than G2 5000 to 6000 K yellowish late star Yellowish star in which the H and K lines of Ca II have become dominant and in which a tremendous profusion of spectral lines of both neutral and ionized metals, particularly iron, begins to show. The Balmer lines of hydrogen are still recognizable. Examples are the Sun and Capella.

T Tauri star cooler than G2 greater than 1000 Kelvin 0.2 magnitudes or greater some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds emission line star
R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z and the genitive of the latin constellation name
RR, RS, RT, RU, RV, RW, RX, RY, or RZ and the genitive of the latin constellation name when the single letter designations are exhausted
AA...AZ, BB...BZ, etc. (omitting J), which ends with QQ...QZ and the genitive of the latin constellation namewhen the RR...RZ designations are exhausted
V 335, V 336, etc., when the double letter designations are exhausted
within a period of decades nebular variable Also called T Tauri variable, a type of variable star of spectral classification F, G or K (giants above the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) that loses an appreciable proportion of its mass in its (irregular) more luminous periods, and is thus surrounded by volumes of gas and dust.

RW Aurigae G5e V 5000 to 6000 K dwarf 0.2 magnitudes or greater some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds yellowish d
R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z and the genitive of the latin constellation name
RR, RS, RT, RU, RV, RW, RX, RY, or RZ and the genitive of the latin constellation name when the single letter designations are exhausted
AA...AZ, BB...BZ, etc. (omitting J), which ends with QQ...QZ and the genitive of the latin constellation namewhen the RR...RZ designations are exhausted
V 335, V 336, etc., when the double letter designations are exhausted
within a period of decades nebular variable A T Tauri star with a strong ultraviolet excess. V

Subject	has spectral type	has surface temperature	is an instance of	has optical brightness variation	has observational problem	has color	has symbol	is a kind of	has name designated with	has observable variation time scale	has synonym	has definition	has luminosity class
dwarf		greater than 1000 Kelvin					d	star			main sequence star	Star with mass equal to or less than that of the sun. More generally, any star on or below the main sequence in the Hertzprung-Russell diagram.	V
G star	cooler than G2	5000 to 6000 K				yellowish		late star				Yellowish star in which the H and K lines of Ca II have become dominant and in which a tremendous profusion of spectral lines of both neutral and ionized metals, particularly iron, begins to show. The Balmer lines of hydrogen are still recognizable. Examples are the Sun and Capella.
T Tauri star	cooler than G2	greater than 1000 Kelvin		0.2 magnitudes or greater	some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds			emission line star	R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z and the genitive of the latin constellation name RR, RS, RT, RU, RV, RW, RX, RY, or RZ and the genitive of the latin constellation name when the single letter designations are exhausted AA...AZ, BB...BZ, etc. (omitting J), which ends with QQ...QZ and the genitive of the latin constellation namewhen the RR...RZ designations are exhausted V 335, V 336, etc., when the double letter designations are exhausted	within a period of decades	nebular variable	Also called T Tauri variable, a type of variable star of spectral classification F, G or K (giants above the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) that loses an appreciable proportion of its mass in its (irregular) more luminous periods, and is thus surrounded by volumes of gas and dust.
RW Aurigae	G5e V	5000 to 6000 K	dwarf	0.2 magnitudes or greater	some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds	yellowish	d		R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z and the genitive of the latin constellation name RR, RS, RT, RU, RV, RW, RX, RY, or RZ and the genitive of the latin constellation name when the single letter designations are exhausted AA...AZ, BB...BZ, etc. (omitting J), which ends with QQ...QZ and the genitive of the latin constellation namewhen the RR...RZ designations are exhausted V 335, V 336, etc., when the double letter designations are exhausted	within a period of decades	nebular variable	A T Tauri star with a strong ultraviolet excess.	V

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