# List of luminous blue variable stars

This is a list of luminous blue variable stars in order of their distance from Earth.

## List
### Milky Way galaxy (confirmed LBVs)

| Star system | Median distance (ly) | Stars in system | Spectral type | Apparent magnitude (V) | Comments and references |
| P Cygni (34 Cygni) | 5251±180 | 1 | B1-2 Ia-0ep | 4.82 | The closest luminous blue variable star to Earth |
| V4029 Sagittarii (HD 168607) | 6,000 | 1 | B9Ia$^+$ | 8.12 to 8.29 | near the Omega Nebula |
| V905 Scorpii (HD 160529) | 6,100 | 1 | LBV | 6.66 | |
| Eta Carinae (Eta Argus) | 7,500 | 2 | O + B | −1.0 to ~7.6 | part of Trumpler 16 in the Carina Nebula |
| MWC 930 (V446 Scuti) | 11,400 | 1 | B5/9Iaeq | 11.51 | |
| WRAY 16-137 | 12,400 | 1 | LBV | 15.5 | |
| W1-243 | 15,000 | 1 | LBV | 15.81 | in Westerlund 1 |
| HR Carinae | 16,000 | 2 | LBV+RSG | 8.42 | |
| V481 Scuti (LBV G24.73+0.69) | 17,000 | 1 | LBV_B[e]: | | |
| AG Carinae | 17,000 ± 1,000 | 1 | B | 6.96 | |
| EM* VRMF 55 (MN44) | 18,000 or 35,000 | 1 | LBV | 15 | |
| [GKF2010] MN48 | 20,000 | 1 | | 15.83 | |
| GCIRS 34W (WR 101db) | 25,000 | 1 | Ofpe/WN9 | | in the galactic center |
| Pistol Star (V4647 Sgr) | 25,114 | 1 | B | >28 | part of the Quintuplet cluster |
| LBV G0.120-0.048 (V4998 Sgr) | 26,000 | 1 | WN5b | | near the Quintuplet cluster |
| FMM 362 (V4650 Sgr) | 26,000 | 1 | LBV | | near the Quintuplet cluster |
| AFGL 2298 (V1672 Aql) | 30,000 | 1 | B8I | | |
| V432 Carinae (Wray 15-751) | 33,000 | 1 | LBV | 10.20 | Also known as AT 2019ooa |
| [GKM2012] WS1 | 39,000 | 1 | LBV | 15.31 | |
| [GKF2010] MN58 | | 1 | | | |

### Milky Way galaxy (candidate LBVs)

| Star system | Median distance (ly) | Stars in system | Spectral type | Apparent magnitude (V) | Comments and references |
| HD 148937 | 3,870 | 1 | O6f?p | 6.71 | central star of NGC 6164 |
| MWC 349A (V1478 Cygni) | 4,560 | 2–3 | B0-1.5 I + B0 III | 13.15 | maybe ejected from Cygnus OB2 |
| HD 326823 | 4,700 | 1 | WNpec | 9.03 | |
| HD 168625 | 5,000 | 1 | B6Ia$^+$ | 8.30–8.41 | near the Omega Nebula |
| Cygnus OB2-12 | 5,500 | 1 | B3–4 Ia+ | 11.702 | in Cygnus OB2 |
| AS 314 | 5,600 | 1 | B9Ia | 9.85 | |
| Zeta$^1$ Scorpii | 5,600 | 1 | B1.5 Iae | 4.705 | |
| G79.29+0.46 | 5,700 | 1 | B:I[e] | 15.1 | in Cygnus X |
| WRAY 16-232 | 6,850 | 1 | Be | 12.5 | |
| HD 80077 | 8,700 | 1 | B2.5Ia+ | 9.00 | |
| HD 316285 | 10,800 | 1 | B0Ieq | 9.60 | |
| MWC 314 (V1429 Aquilae) | 15,000 | 3 | B3Ibe | 9.79 - 10.1 | |
| [SBW2007] 1 | 18,500 | 1 | B1Iab | 12.7 | |
| Sher 25 | 21,000 | 1 | cLBV | 12.23 | in NGC 3603 |
| W51 LS1 (V1936 Aquilae) | 22,000 | 1 | O4I | 15.1 | |
| WRAY 17-96 | 22,000 | 1 | cLBV | ~13.0 | |
| [B61] 2 | 22,000 | 1 | LBV_B[e]: | 15.00 | |
| WR 102ka | 26,000 | 1 | WN10 | | near the galactic center |
| GCIRS 16SW | 27,000 | 1 | Ofpe/WN9 | | in the galactic center |
| LBV 1806−20 | 28,000 | 1 | cLBV | | part of the 1806−20 cluster |
| Hen 3-519 | 28,000 | 1 | WN11h | 10.85 | |
| MSX6C G026.4700+00.0207 | 30,000 | 1 | LBV_B | | |

### Magellanic Clouds

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is around 163 kly distant and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is around 204 kly distant
| Host galaxy | Star system | Stars in system | Spectral type | Apparent magnitude (V) |
| LMC | S Doradus | 1 | B8/9eq – F0/5:Iae | 8.6 – 11.5 |
| LMC | HD 269858 (R127) | 1 | B | 10.15 |
| LMC | HD 269006 (R71) | 1 | LBV | 10.55 |
| LMC | HD 269216 (SK −69 75) | 1 | OBe | 11.123 |
| LMC | HD 269582 (SK −69 142a) | 1 | WN10h | 11.093 |
| LMC | HD 269662 (R110) | 1 | A0Ia | 10.28 |
| LMC | HD 269700 (R116) | 1 | B1.5Iaeq | 10.54 |
| LMC | R143 (CPD-69 463) | 1 | F7Ia | 12.014 |
| SMC | HD 5980 (R14) | 3 | WN4+O7I: | 11.31 |
| SMC | HD 6884 (R40) | 1 | B9Ia0ek | 10.2 |

### Andromeda Galaxy and Triangulum Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is 2.5 Mly distant and the Triangulum Galaxy is around 3.2 Mly distant
| Host galaxy | Star system | Stars in system | Spectral type | Apparent magnitude (V) |
| Andromeda | LGGS J004051.59+403303.0 | 1 | LBV | 16.989 |
| Andromeda | AE Andromedae (HV 4476) | 1 | LBV | 17.0–17.9 |
| Andromeda | AF Andromedae (HV 4013) | 1 | LBV | 17.325 |
| Andromeda | Var 15 ([WB92a] 370) | 1 | LBV | 18.450 |
| Andromeda | Var A-1 | 1 | LBV | 17.143 |
| Andromeda | UCAC4 660-003111 | 1 | LBV | 16.39 |
| Triangulum | Var C | 1 | LBV | 16.429 |
| Triangulum | Var B | 1 | LBV | 16.208 |
| Triangulum | Var 83 | 1 | LBV | 15.4–16.6 |
| Triangulum | Var 2 (Y Trianguli) | 1 | Ofpe/WN9 | 18.22 |
| Triangulum | Romano’s Star (M33 V0532) | 1 | Ofpe/WN9 | 16.5–18.8 |

### Single LBV Galaxies

| Host Galaxy | Star system | Median distance (ly) | Stars in system | Spectral type | Apparent magnitude (V) | Comments and references |
| NGC 3109 | AT 2018akx | 4,350,000 | 1 | LBV | 17.5 - 19.28 | |
| NGC 2403 | AT 2016ccd | 9,650,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.0 - 19.95 | Also known as SNhunt225. |
| NGC 4214 | SN 2010U | 9,700,000 | 1 | LBV | 16 | |
| NGC 2363 | NGC 2363-V1 | 10,800,000 | 1 | LBV | 17.88 | One of the most luminous stars known. |
| NGC 45 | AT 2018htr | 21,700,000 | 1 | LBV | 17.469 | |
| NGC 2537 | AT 2017be | 27,900,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.349 - 18.5 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| NGC 4559 | AT 2016blu | 29,000,000 | 1 | LBV | 15.9 – 19 | Repeated outbursts have been observed since January 2012. |
| NGC 7286 | AT 2019mil | 32,400,000 | 1 | LBV | 19 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| UGC 5829 | AT 2021blu | 43,500,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.17 - 21.62 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| NGC 4656 | Variable in NGC 4656 | 43,700,000 | 1 | LBV | 18 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| NGC 4389 | AT 2022fnm | 44,700,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.495 - 17.855 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| ESO 249- G 015 | AT 2020agp | 47,500,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.463 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| NGC 908 | AT 2021ablz | 56,000,000 | 1 | LBV | 20.58 | |
| UGC 5979 | SN 2007sv | 58,270,000 | 1 | LBV | 17.4 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| IC 5267A | AT 2019oet | 60,000,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.335 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| NGC 2748 | PSN J09132750+7627410 | 61,300,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.3 | |
| NGC 3423 | AT 2019ahd | 65,600,000 | 1 | LBV | 17.83 - 18.73 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| NGC 1385 | AT 2020pju | 66,400,000 | 1 | LBV | 17.3 - 19.73 | |
| NGC 718 | AT 2019udc | 69,800,000 | 1 | LBV | 17.53 - 19.09 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| NGC 5334 | SN 2003gm | 80,196,000 | 1 | LBV | 17.0 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| SDSS J094838.45+332529.1 | AT 2020jev | 80,200,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.74 - 20.33 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| NGC 6509 | PSN J17592296+0617267 | 95,300,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.5 | |
| NGC 4045 | AT 2019wbg | 111,500,000 | 1 | LBV | 17.7 -19.39 | Repeated outbursts observed since discovery. Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| NGC 4532 | AT 2017des | 112,800,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.817 - 19.85 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| ESO 602- G 015 | AT 2022rmk | 113,200,000 | 1 | LBV | 19.472 - 20.04 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| UGC 9113 | AT 2017dau | 162,100,000 | 1 | LBV | 19.32 - 21.32 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| MCG +07-07-070 | AT 2018kle | 180,200,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.797 - 18.91 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| UGC 449 | AT 2022oku | 239,100,000 | 1 | LBV | 18.781 - 19.49 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |
| WISEA J010803.49+010843.7 | AT 2020zmn | 262,600,000 | 1 | LBV | 20.31 - 20.85 | Distance from NED using redshift of host galaxy. |