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LBV
(redirected from Luminous blue variable)

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LBVLate Bottled Vintage (port wine)
LBVLake Buena Vista
LBVLegião da Boa Vontade (Brazil)
LBVLuminous Blue Variable (type of star)
LBVLoad Bearing Vest
LBVLandesamt für Besoldung und Versorgung (Germany)
LBVLittle Benthic Vehicle (deep-sea remote vehicle)
LBVLibreville, Gabon - Libreville (Airport Code)
LBVLow Biological Value
LBVLewy Body Variant (of Alzheimer's disease)
LBVLow Bandwidth Video
LBVLatin Ballet of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
LBVLine Block Valve
LBVLeft Barrel Valve
LBVLung Blood Volume


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During this stage, heavy stars such as Eta Carinae are known as luminous blue variables.
Temperamental monsters: massive stars may slim down in eruptive bursts by Cowen, Ron / Science News
Comparing them to older, ground-based pictures, the researchers found a rare type of star called a luminous blue variable (LBV).
Tiny galaxy packs a wallop by Science News
Classified in this phase as a luminous blue variable, AG Carinae is some 50 times more massive than the sun.
A massive star lights its surroundings by Cowen, Ron / Science News
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