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S Doradus star
A massive, blue supergiant variable star, also known as a Hubble-Sandage variable or a luminous blue variable. S Doradus stars are the most luminous stars in the Galaxy and are easily identified in other nearby galaxies, including the Andromeda Galaxy and the Triangulum Galaxy; they are named after the prototype, S Doradus, in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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• variable stars
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• TYPES OF STAR
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