irregular variable Comparison Table

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irregular variable comparison table

Subject has spectral type has acronym has recovery time has outburst start time is a kind of has peak brightness has emission line has synonym has definition

cataclysmic variable CV irregular variable explosive variable A collective name for stars in which the brightness increases suddenly because of an explosive event. The class comprises supernovae, novae, recurrent novae, dwarf novae and flare stars.

T Tauri star cooler than G2 emission line star 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.

Subject	has spectral type	has acronym	has recovery time	has outburst start time	is a kind of	has peak brightness	has emission line	has synonym	has definition
cataclysmic variable		CV			irregular variable			explosive variable	A collective name for stars in which the brightness increases suddenly because of an explosive event. The class comprises supernovae, novae, recurrent novae, dwarf novae and flare stars.
T Tauri star	cooler than G2				emission line star			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.

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