2007-07-19 (Protégé 3.3.1 build 430)
radio#metric#m
Radio Metric
Cataclysmic Variable
CV*
cataclysmic#variable#star
Binaries:cataclysmic
CataclyV*
Variable stars showing outbursts caused by thermonuclear burst processes in their surface layers (novae) or deep in their interiors (supernovae). We use the term "novalike" for variables that show novalike outbursts caused by rapid energy release in the surrounding space (UG-type stars) and also for objects not displaying outbursts but resembling explosive variables at minimum light by their spectral (or other) characteristics. The majority of explosive and novalike variables are close binary systems, their components having strong mutual influence on the evolution of each star. It is often observed that the hot dwarf component of the system is surrounded by an accretion disk formed by matter lost by the other, cooler, and more extended component.
YSO
Y*O
yso#young#stellar#object
YSOs
YSO
Recombination thermal continuum
nebular#continuum
Nebular Continuum
Nova
N
GE#4320#LE#19872000
s
GE#7#LE#19
7-19magV
V
Close binary systems with orbital periods from 0.05 to 230 days. One of the components of these systems is a hot dwarf star that suddenly, during a time interval from one to several dozen or several hundred days, increases its brightness by 7-19 mag in V, then returns gradually to its former brightness over several months, years, or decades. Small changes at minimum light may be present. Cool components may be giants, subgiants, or dwarfs of K-M type. The spectra of novae near maximum light resemble A-F absorption spectra of luminous stars at first. Then broad emission lines (bands) of hydrogen, helium, and other elements with absorption components indicating the presence of a rapidly expanding envelope appear in the spectrum. As the light decreases, the composite spectrum begins to show forbidden lines characteristic of the spectra of gas nebulae excited by hot stars. At minimum light, the spectra of novae are generally continuous or resemble the spectra of Wolf-Rayet stars. Only spectra of the most massive systems show traces of cool components.
Some novae reveal pulsations of hot components with periods of approximately 100 s and amplitudes of about 0.05 mag in V after an outburst. Some novae eventually turn out to be eclipsing systems. According to the features of their light variations, novae are subdivided into fast, slow, very slow, and recurrent categories.
Novae
No*
Nova
nova#novae
IR
ir#infrared#source
Infrared Source
IR
Synchrotron Emission
emission synchrotron
supernova#explosion#thermonuclear#thermo#nuclear
Thermonuclear Supernova Explosion
Stellar Object in Association
*inAssoc
*iA
stellar#object#star#in#association
velocity
Velocity
eruption#explosion#process
Explosion or Eruption process
Explosion or Eruption process
GinGroup
group#galaxy#gal#galaxies#in
Galaxy in Group
GiG
Emission Process
emission#process
radio#cm#centimetric
Radio Centimetric
bstar#b#star
B Star
Star of Spectral Type B
High Mass X-Ray Binary
A high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) is a binary star system where one of the components is a neutron star or a black hole. The other component is a massive star, usually a Be star or a blue supergiant. A fraction of the stellar wind of the companion star is captured by the compact star, and produces X-rays as it falls onto the compact object.
In HMXB, the massive star dominates the emission of optical light. The compact object is the dominant source of X-rays. The massive stars are very luminous and therefore easily detected. One of the most famous HMXB is Cygnus X-1 which was the first stellar-mass black hole discovered. Soft-gamma rays emitters.
x#ray#xray#binary#binaries#high#mass#hmxb
HXB
High-mass X-ray Binary
HMXB
Variable Star of gamma Dor type
gamma#doradus#variable#star
gD*
gammaDor
GT#43200#LT#129600
s
Period of 1 day (atm transformed into -0.5 +0.5)
0.1V
V
GE#0.5#LE#1.5
Gamma Doradus variables are variable stars which display variations in luminosity due to non-radial pulsations of their surface. The stars are typically young, early F or late A type main sequence stars, and typical brightness fluctuations are 0.1 magnitudes with periods on the order of one day. This is a relatively new class of variable stars, having been first characterised in the second half of the 1990s, and details on the underlying physical cause of the variations remains under investigation.
Gamma Doradus Variable
magnetic Field
magnetic#field
UV
uv#ultraviolet#ultra#violet#source
UV
UV Source
HI
HI
hi#region#cold
Cold HI Region
supernova#typeii#type2#type#2#ii
Supernova type II
Hydrogen
SNII
LSB_G
low#surface#brightness#lsb#gal#galaxy#galaxies
Low Surface Brightness Galaxy
LSB
lenticular#gal#galaxy#galaxies
Lenticular Galaxy
Wavelength > 30 microns
Far Infrared
far#infrared
blue
Blue
Low-mass X-ray Binary
Low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are binary stars where one of the components is either a black hole or neutron star. The other component (donor) is usually filling its Roche lobe and therefore transfers mass to the compact star. The donor is less massive than the compact object, and can be on the main sequence, a degenerate dwarf (white dwarf), or an evolved star (red giant). Found in the Milky Way, external galaxies, and in globular clusters.
A typical LMXB emits almost all of its radiation in X-rays, and typically less than one percent in visible light, so they are among the brightest objects in the X-ray sky, but relatively faint in visible light. The apparent magnitude is typically around 15 to 20. The brightest part of the system is the accretion disk around the compact object. The orbital periods of LMXBs range from ten minutes to hundreds of days. Soft-gamma rays emitters.
x#ray#xray#binary#binaries#low#mass#lmxb
Low Mass X-Ray Binary
LMXB
LXB
star
Star
Neutron Star
neutron#star
Effective Temperature
effective#temperature
Blue Supergiant
blue#super#giant#supergiant
Core/Extented Flux Ratio >1
core#dominated#coredominated
Core Dominated
g#gstar#star
G Star
Star of Spectral Type G
GT#10
LE#1
GT#1
Radio-loud AGN
agn#radio#loud#active#galaxy#nucleus
Variable Star of delta sct type
DSCT
PulsV*delsct
GE#864#LRE#17280
s
GE#0.003#LE#0.9
V
0.003-0.9V
Variables of the Delta Scuti type. These are pulsating variables of spectral types A0-F5 III-V displaying light amplitudes from 0.003 to 0.9 mag in V (usually several hundredths of a magnitude) and periods from 0.01 to 0.2 days. The shapes of the light curves, periods, and amplitudes usually vary greatly. Radial as well as nonradial pulsations are observed. The variability of some members of this type appears sporadically and sometimes completely ceases, this being a consequence of strong amplitude modulation with the lower value of the amplitude not exceeding 0.001 mag in some cases. The maximum of the surface layer expansion does not lag behind the maximum light for more than 0.1 periods. Delta Sct stars are representatives of the galactic disk (flat component) and are phenomenologically close to the SX Phe variables.
Sub-type:
- Low amplitude group of Delta Sct variables (light amplitude <0.1 mag in V). The majority of this type's representatives are stars of luminosity class V; objects of this subtype generally are representative of the Delta Sct variables in open clusters.
Delta Scuti Variable Star
dS*
delta#scuti#deltascuti
stellar#object#star#in#double
*i*
A star that is part of a double star
Stellar Object in Double Star
*in**
Stars:early-type
Early-type Star
Star of the early spectral types
early#type#star#earlytype
Radio Source
Rad
radio#source
Radio
component of the spacevelocity
Proper Motion
pm#proper#motion
RRLyr
RR Lyrae Variable
RR
Variables of the RR Lyrae type, which are radially-pulsating giant A-F stars having amplitudes from 0.2 to 2 mag in V. Cases of variable light-curve shapes as well as variable periods are known. If these changes are periodic, they are called the "Blazhko effect."
Traditionally, RR Lyrae stars are sometimes called short-period Cepheids or cluster-type variables. The majority of these stars belong to the spherical component of the Galaxy; they are present, sometimes in large numbers, in some globular clusters, where they are known as pulsating horizontal-branch stars. Like Cepheids, maximum expansion velocities of surface layers for these stars practically coincide with maximum light.
Sub-types:
- RR Lyrae variables showing two simultaneously operating pulsation modes, the fundamental tone with the period P0 and the first overtone, P1 (AQ Leo). The ratio P1/P0 is approximately 0.745;
- RR Lyrae variables with asymmetric light curves (steep ascending branches), periods from 0.3 to 1.2 days, and amplitudes from 0.5 to 2 mag in V;
- RR Lyrae variables with nearly symmetric, sometimes sinusoidal, light curves, periods from 0.2 to 0.5 days, and amplitudes not greater than 0.8 mag in V (SX UMa).
rr#lyrae#variable#star
s
GE#17280#LE#103680
GE#0.2#LE#2
V
0.2-2V
RR*
Variable Star of RR Lyr type
Ultraviolet
uv#ultraviolet#ultra#violet
blu
Blue Object
blue#object
Blue_objects
Blue_test
Blue
HI
HI
hi#region
HI Region
HI (neutral) region
X
X-ray Source
X
L-type Irregular Star
l#ltype#type#irregular#star
Galaxy in Cluster of Galaxies
GinCl
Galaxy in Cluster
cluster#in#galaxy#gal#galaxies
GiC
high#power#radio#loud#agn#active#galaxy#nucleus#
High-power Radio-loud AGN
fanaroff#riley#type#2
Fanaroff-Riley type 2
GT#0.5
GT#45
deg
Asteroid
asteroid
association#star#stars
Association of Stars
AS*
Association of Stars
Associations
Assoc*
red#redgiant#giant
Red Giant
Barred Spiral Galaxy
barred#spiral#galaxy#gal#galaxies
BY
BYDra
BY*
BY Draconis-type variables, which are emission-line dwarfs of dKe-dMe spectral type showing quasiperiodic light changes with periods from a fraction of a day to 120 days and amplitudes from several hundredths to 0.5 mag in V. The light variability is caused by axial rotation of a star with a variable degree of nonuniformity of the surface brightness (spots) and chromospheric activity.
Some of these stars also show flares similar to those of UV Cet stars, and in those cases they also belong to the latter type and are simultaneously considered eruptive variables.
by#draconis#variable#star
s
LE#10368000
Period less or equal than 120 days
<=0.5V
V
LE#0.5
BY Draconis Variable
Varaible Star of BY Dra type
Space Velocity
space#velocity
Range allowing the description of the existence of a (noticeable) continuum for a given object
continuum
Continuum
Stars showing variations of irregular (non-periodic) type. Mostly (?) of eruptive type.
Variable Star of Irregular type
irregular#variable#star
Ir*
Irregular_V*
Irregular Variable Star
HVCld
HVC
HVC (High Velocity Cloud)
high#velocity#cloud#nebula
High-velocity Cloud
CH*
ch#envelope#type#star
CH*
CH Envelope-type Star
CH Envelope-type Star
Flux
flux
QSO2
LumX
GT#44
qso#2#quasar#qso2
kms
LE#1000
QSO
QSO
QSO
LE#45
deg
kms
GT#1000
qso#quasi#stellar#object#quasar#type1#type#1
quasar#qso
QSO
QSO
Line Width
line#width
Starburst Process
star#burst#starburst
PulsV*
Pulsating Variable Star
Pulsating Star
pulsating#variable#star
Pu*
Pulsating variables are stars showing periodic expansion and contraction of their surface layers. The pulsations may be radial or nonradial. A radially pulsating star remains spherical in shape, while in the case of nonradial pulsations the star's shape periodically deviates from a sphere, and even neighboring zones of its surface may have opposite pulsation phases.
Depending on the period value, on the mass and evolutionary status of the star, and on the scale of pulsational phenomena, different types of pulsating variables may be distinguished.
polarization
Polarization
emission#line#galaxy#gal#galaxies
EmG
EmG
Emission-line galaxy
Emission-line Galaxy
large#separation#lobes#radio
Large Separation Lobes
Gamma-ray Source
gam
gamma#ray#source
gamma
pulsation#process
Pulsation Process
Stellar Remnant
stellar#remnant
High_z_G
HzG
Galaxy with high redshift
Galaxy with High Redshift
high#redshift#galaxy#gal#galaxies
measure#measurement#measures#measurements
Measurement
Measured observational parameters/properties
Stars:variable
V*
V*
<=0.2V
V
LE#0.2
Eruptive variables of the RS Canum Venaticorum type. This type is ascribed to close binary systems with spectra showing Ca II H and K in emission, their components having enhanced chromospheric activity that causes quasi-periodic light variability. The period of variation is close to the orbital one, and the variability amplitude is usually as great as 0.2 mag in V (UX Ari). They are X-ray sources and rotating variables. RS CVn itself is also an eclipsing system.
RS*
RS
Variable of RS CVn type
RSCVn
rs#canum#venaticorum#cv
RS Canum Venaticorum Variable Star
*
stellar#object
Stars
Stellar Object
Star
Galaxies
Galaxy
G
Galaxy
galaxy#gal#galaxies
photosphere
Photosphere
sub#millimetric#submillimetric#radio#source
Radio(sub-mm)
Sub-millimetric Radio Source
smm
rotation#process
Rotation Process
supernova#typeiib#type2b#type#2#ii#b#typeii#type2
Supernova type IIb
Helium
Surface Brightness
surface#brightness
s'applique aux objets étendus ( Gal/nebula)
high#mass#star#highmass
High-mass Star
flux#amplitude#variation
Flux Amplitude Variation
AGN
AGN
AGN
Active Galaxy Nucleus
AGN#active#galaxy#nucleus#nuclei
AGN
dust
Dust
pr*
pMS*
Pre-main sequence star
pre#main#sequence#star
Pre-Main Sequence Star
rotation#powered#pulsar
Rotation-powered Pulsar
temperature
radio#millimetric#mm
Radio Millimetric
Spectral Type
Any class in Morgan Keeman's spectral classification
spectral#type
FU*
FU Orionis Variable Star
Orion variables (eruptive) of the FU Orionis type. Characterized by gradual increases in brightness by about 6 mag in several months, followed by either almost complete constancy at maximum that is sustained for long periods of time or slow decline by 1-2 mag. Spectral types at maximum are in the range Ae(alpha) - Gpe(alpha). After an outburst, a gradual development of an emission spectrum is observed and the spectral type becomes later. These variables probably mark one of the evolutionary stages of T Tauri-type Orion variables, as evidenced by an outburst of one member, V1057 Cyg, but its decline (2.5 mag in 11 years) commenced immediately after maximum brightness was attained. All presently known FU Ori variables are coupled with reflecting cometary nebulae.
Variable Star of FU Ori type
fu#orionis#orion#variable#star
FUOr*
several months
FU
seyfert#seyfert1.5#1.5#galaxy
SyG
Seyfert 1.5 Galaxy
Seyfert
Type1.5-Seyfert1.5
X-Rays
x#ray#xray#rays#xrays
pulsating#alpha#2#alpha2#cv#cvn#canum#venaticorum
Pulsating Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum
s
GE#345.6#LE#864
Flat-Spectrum Radio Quasar
deg
LE#15
LE#0.5
type 1#type1#flat#spectrum#radio#quasar#qso
near#ir#infrared
Wavelength < 10 microns
Near Infrared
gamma#rays#ray
Gamma Rays
Dwarf
dwarf
Star of Luminosity Class V
Class
class
Radio(m)
Metric Radio Source
mR
radio#source#metric
2
TOP
TOP concept
thing#top#anything
pair#gal#galaxy#galaxies
PairG
PaG
Galaxy Pair
Rotationally Variable Star
Variable stars with nonuniform surface brightness and/or ellipsoidal shapes, whose variability is caused by axial rotation with respect to the observer. The nonuniformity of surface brightness distributions may be caused by the presence of spots or by some thermal or chemical inhomogeneity of the atmosphere caused by a magnetic field whose axis is not coincident with the rotation axis.
rotational#rotationally#variable#object#star
Rotationally Variable Object
Ro*
RotV*