What is S Doradus?
'''S Doradus''' is a blue hypergiant star found in the [[large magellanic cloud]]. Its temperature can fall to lower than 7,000 degrees Kelvin in big eruptions. S Doradus can be more than a million times brighter than our [[Sun]] and 380 times larger in these eruptions.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ASPC...83..176L|title=Observations and Interpretation of Luminous Blue Variables|first=H. J. G. L. M.|last=Lamers|journal=IAU Colloq. 155: Astrophysical Applications of Stellar Pulsation |date=15 February 1995|volume=83|pages=176|bibcode=1995ASPC...83..176L |via=NASA ADS}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Sci-stub}} [[Category:Hypergiants]] [[Category:Variable stars]]