Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p W Mensae (W Men) is a variable star in the southern constellation Mensa. The star is classified as a yellow-white supergiant (spectral class F8 Iab).W Mensae is very distant, being located in the neighboring galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud. Despite its great luminosity, the star has a maximum apparent brightness of +13.8m, too dim to be visible even for a small telescope. It belongs to the very rare R Coronae Borealis class of variables which are often called "inverse novae" since they experience once a while very large drops in brightness. W Mensae is not an exception, since at minimum its brightness is less than +18.3m. The variability of the star was discovered in 1927 by W. J. Luyten.. }
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- W_Mensae abstract "W Mensae (W Men) is a variable star in the southern constellation Mensa. The star is classified as a yellow-white supergiant (spectral class F8 Iab).W Mensae is very distant, being located in the neighboring galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud. Despite its great luminosity, the star has a maximum apparent brightness of +13.8m, too dim to be visible even for a small telescope. It belongs to the very rare R Coronae Borealis class of variables which are often called "inverse novae" since they experience once a while very large drops in brightness. W Mensae is not an exception, since at minimum its brightness is less than +18.3m. The variability of the star was discovered in 1927 by W. J. Luyten.".