List of LBV (Luminous Blue Variables)

This is a list of supernova imposters.   These are also known as "LBV"s (Luminous Blue Variables), or sometimes "LRN" (Luminous Red Novae).   These are stars like Eta Carinae which are also known to evolve into supernovae.   One recent example of this is 2009ip which evolved from an LBV to a type II supernova in 2012.   This Wikipedia article gives you a list of nearby LBVs.   UIS Henry Barber Research Observatory has a web page dedicated to this objects.  
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Host name
J2000 R.A.
Decl.
Earliest Obs
Date
offset
Type
Max
Mag
Name
References
Other Objects
CGCG 454-019
23:16:38.285
+15:53:39.97
2021/06/21.552
0.0
LBV
21.4
AT2021qvw
PS1 SN page

ESO 249-G15
03:42:43.100
-43:18:16.84
2020/01/19.215
0.0
LBV
18.5
2020agp
TNS

ESO 381-G20
12:45:59.020
-33:50:00.55
2020/01/27.535
0.0
LBV
19.1
2020bfw
TNS

ESO 541-G4
00:58:58.597
-18:44:47.14
2024/07/31.139
0.0
LBV
19.7
2024qtn
TNS

ESO 553-G36
05:19:50.43
-20:58:06.4
2006/11/30.37
7.0W 4.2S
IIn/LBV
16.9
2006qq
IAUC 8782

ESO 560-G13
07:47:51.17
-18:44:58.6
2013/03/11.120
11.0E 4.0S
LBV
17.8
PSN J07475117-1844586
CBAT TOCP

ESO 602-G15
22:22:49.148
-20:21:01.24
2022/08/18.242
0.0
LBV
19.5
AT2022rmk
TNS

IC 5267A
22:55:57.063
-43:26:18.99
2019/08/22.437
0.0
LBV
18.3
AT2019oet
TNS

LMC
05:02:07.39
-71:20:13.1
2012/04/02
6776.0E 8708.9S
LBV
 7.0
HDE 269006
CBET 3192

M101
14:02:16.78
+54:26:20.5
2015/01/20.803
489.0E 324.0N
LRN
16.5
AT2015dl
CBAT TOCP
2011fe, 1970G, 1951H, 1909A
M31
00:40:37.905
+40:34:52.85
2019/12/14.097
1441.0E 2476.0S
LBV?
14.9
AT2019zhd
TNS

M31
00:42:07.99
+40:55:01.1
2015/01/13.632
411.0E 1267.0S
LRN
15.1
Nova M31 2015-01a?
ATEL 6911

M33
01:33:35.13
+30:36:00.8
1953/01/01.000
203.5E 216.2S
LBV
15.0
M33 varC
ATEL 5362

M51
13:29:42.394
+47:11:16.99
2019/01/22.555
140.8E 153.2S
LBV
16.6
AT2019abn
TNS
2011dh, 2005cs, 1994I, 1945A
M64
12:56:46.737
+21:40:55.90
2018/12/19.546
0.0
LBV
19.4
AT2018kkt
TNS

M66
11:20:14.25
+12:58:19.6
1997/04/15
13.0E 67.0 
LBV
17.0
1997bs
IAUC 6627
1989B, 2009hd
M74
01:36:49.629
+15:46:46.07
2019/07/06.454
113.8W 15.1S
IIn/LBV
21.0
2019krl
TNS
2013ej, 2003gd, 2002ap
M85
12:25:23.80
+18:10:56.0
2006/01/07.000
4.3E 33.0S
LRN
14.0
M85 OT2006-1
Paper

M99
12:18:50.16
+14:26:39.2
2010/03/16.393
8.1W 99.9N
LRN
20.1
Nova M99 2010-03a
ATEL 2590

MCG +7-7-70
03:20:22.035
+41:38:33.63
2018/12/20.207
0.0
LBV
18.9
AT2018kle
TNS

MCG -2-52-6
20:29:34.543
-12:30:14.79
2020/09/03.403
0.0
LRN
18.6
AT2020skk
TNS

NGC 1058
02:43:24.00
+37:21:00.0
1961/12/05.000
76.0W 17.0N
LBV
12.2
1961V
IAUC 1764
2007gr, 1969L
NGC 1385
03:37:29.923
-24:30:04.14
2020/06/18.639
0.0
LBV
17.3
AT2020pju
GAIA page

NGC 1511
03:59:38.07
-67:37:54.6
2010/09/29.25
6.3W 8.5N
LBV
15.9
Variable star in NGC 1511
CBET 2482
1935C
NGC 1566
04:19:34.570
-54:59:03.40
2022/08/23.143
0.0
LBV
18.2
AT2022ryi
TNS
2010el
NGC 1924
05:28:00.958
-05:18:31.33
2022/09/03.458
15.1W 7.0N
ILRT
19.2
AT2022uqn
TNS

NGC 2366
07:28:27.30
+69:10:55.5
1996/01/01.000
0.0W 0.0N
LBV
17.4
NGC 2366 V1
ASPC 2005

NGC 2403
07:36:55.36
+65:37:52.1
1954/11/26.000
0.0W 0.0N
LBV
99.0
1954J
PASP 84, 844
2002kg, 2004dj
NGC 2403
07:37:01.83
+65:34:29.3
2002/10/26
71.7W 96.0S
IIn/LBV
19.0
2002kg
IAUC 8051
2004dj, 1954J
NGC 2403
07:37:04.20
+65:35:46.0
2013/12/26.000
84.0W 21.0S
LBV
17.8
AT2016ccd
CBAT TOCP
2004dj, 2002kg, 1954J
NGC 2442
07:36:25.955
-69:32:55.26
2016/12/01.596
2.1
LBV
13.6
AT2016jbu
TNS
2015F, 1999ga
NGC 2445
07:46:54.30
+39:01:22.0
2011/09/30.000
0.0W 0.0N
LBV?
20.0
SNHunt79
SNHunt

NGC 2537
08:13:13.380
+45:59:29.54
2017/01/06.508
0.0W 0.0N
LBV
17.4
AT2017be
TNS

NGC 2748
09:13:27.50
+76:27:41.0
2015/02/10.636
53.0E 51.0S
LBV
18.3
PSN J09132750+7627410
CBAT TOCP
2017gkk, 2013ff, 1985A
NGC 2770
09:09:34.96
+33:07:20.4
2015/02/07.390
15.8W 4.4S
IIn/LBV
15.4
2015bh
CBET 4229
2008D, 2007uy, 1999eh
NGC 300
00:54:34.552
-37:38:31.79
2008/05/14.14
227.0E 153.0N
LRN
14.2
AT2008jd
IAUC 8946
2010da
NGC 300
00:54:57.570
-37:38:39.99
2019/09/26.229
48.6W 143.8N
IIn/LBV
17.1
2019qyl
TNS
2010da
NGC 300
00:55:04.86
-37:41:43.7
2010/05/23.169
135.0W 41.0S
LBV
15.9
2010da
CBET 2289

NGC 3016
09:49:50.16
+12:41:35.6
2011/01/16.42
7.0E 7.0S
LBV
20.3
TCP J09495016+1241356
CBAT TOCP

NGC 3016
09:49:50.97
+12:41:58.6
2010/11/13
0.0W 0.0N
LBV
20.0
SNHunt23
unann.

NGC 3109
10:03:23.225
-26:10:22.77
2018/03/22.769
245.0W 82.0S
LBV
17.5
AT2018akx
ATEL 11470

NGC 3184
10:18:19.89
+41:26:28.8
2010/05/31.523
33.0W 61.0N
LRN
17.2
2010dn
CBET 2299
1999gi, 1937F, 1921C, 1921B
NGC 3198
10:19:46.81
+45:31:35.0
1999/04/15
85.8E 83.8S
IIn/LBV
18.5
1999bw
IAUC 7149
1966J
NGC 3423
10:51:11.737
+05:50:31.03
2019/01/29.519
38.7E 6.9N
LBV
18.3
AT2019ahd
ATEL 12449
2009ls
NGC 3428
10:51:29.9
+09:16:33.1
2010/01/10.49
5.3W 12.9S
LBV
18.5
2010C
CBET 2119

NGC 3432
10:52:41.40
+36:40:08.5
2000/05/03.2
123.0W 180.0N
LBV
17.6
2000ch
IAUC 7415

NGC 3437
10:52:34.53
+22:56:05.2
2011/01/10.41
17.0E 2.0N
LBV
18.4
PSN J10523453+2256052
CBET 2637
2004bm
NGC 3504
11:03:15.37
+27:58:29.5
2001/03/12.4
55.3W 9.1N
IIn/LBV
17.8
2001ac
IAUC 7596
1998cf
NGC 3601
11:15:33.50
+05:07:02.0
2011/03/14.270
4.0W 7.0N
LBV?
20.0
SNHunt45
SNHunt

NGC 3729
11:33:51.96
+53:07:07.1
2018/10/31.535
23.7W 24.9S
LRN
19.4
AT2018hso
ATEL 12162

NGC 3893
11:48:39.500
+48:41:31.20
2023/10/07.816
13.0W 67.8S
LRN
17.2
AT2023uhx
TNS

NGC 3938
11:53:00.126
+44:07:50.61
2022/02/13.350
0.0
LRN
19.7
AT2022ckk
TNS
2022xlp
NGC 4045
12:02:42.723
+01:59:03.64
2019/12/03.601
0.0
LBV/IIn
18.8
2019wbg
TNS
1985B
NGC 4188
12:14:07.560
-12:35:16.89
2021/04/18.427
2.9W 7.3S
IIn/LBV
16.4
AT2021kgj
AstroNote 2021-131

NGC 4214
12:15:41.06
+36:20:02.9
2010/02/05.634
20.0W 27.0N
LBV
16.3
2010U
CBET 2161
1954A
NGC 4242
12:17:37.18
+45:38:47.4
2002/03/28.26
72.9W 97.6N
IIn/LBV
14.7
2002bu
IAUC 7863

NGC 4294
12:21:17.96
+11:30:25.2
2013/02/08.116
0.0W 11.0S
LBV
16.4
PSN J12211796+1130252
CBET 3419

NGC 4389
12:25:33.722
+45:41:12.59
2022/03/31.467
0.0
LBV
18.5
AT2022fnm
TNS

NGC 4490
12:30:41.84
+41:37:49.7
2011/08/16.830
57.0W 37.0S
LBV
16.0
PSN J12304185+4137498
CBET 2789
2008ax, 1982F
NGC 4532
12:34:18.900
+06:28:27.07
2017/04/07.73
24.3
LBV
19.7
AT2017des
PS1 SN page

NGC 45
00:14:01.690
-23:11:35.21
2018/05/22.928
31.7E 39.7S
LRN
16.4
AT2018bwo
ATEL 11665

NGC 45
00:14:07.960
-23:10:09.71
2018/11/03.988
54.7W 45.8N
LBV
17.5
AT2018htr
TNS
AT2018bwo
NGC 4631
12:42:04.024
+32:32:07.92
2021/01/29.559
50.4E 21.5S
LRN
16.3
2021biy
AstroNote 2021-33
2020aaa
NGC 4656
12:43:45.84
+32:06:15.0
2005/03/21.14
151.0E 230.0S
LBV
18.0
Variable in NGC 4656
IAUC 8497

NGC 5068
13:19:01.930
-21:03:16.36
2020/04/12.475
99.6W 55.4S
LRN
17.8
AT2020hat
TNS

NGC 5112
13:21:57.56
+38:43:22.9
2015/03/04.335
13.0W 42.0S
LBV
18.0
PSN J13215756+3843229
CBAT TOCP

NGC 5128
13:25:44.450
-43:00:12.82
2020/06/27.257
184.6W 56.0N
LRN
17.8
AT2020nqq
TNS
2016adj
NGC 5300
13:48:17.760
+03:56:44.20
2018/03/11.535
25.7W 18.9S
ILRT
18.3
AT2018aes
TNS

NGC 5334
13:52:51.728
-01:06:39.29
2003/07/06.2
40.3E 13.4N
LBV
17.0
2003gm
IAUC 8164

NGC 5364
13:56:09.956
+05:02:12.29
2023/02/02.502
30.5E 80.0N
LRN
18.5
AT2023bfb
TNS

NGC 55
00:15:08.75
-39:12:50.1
2014/10/06.480
177.0W 62.0S
LBV
16.7
PSN J00150875-3912501
CBAT TOCP

NGC 55
00:15:14.619
-39:13:22.27
2022/05/24.145
0.0
LRN
18.6
AT2022kms
TNS

NGC 5775
14:53:53.95
+03:34:04.9
2012/03/27.460
55.0E 85.0N
LBV
19.3
AT2012jc
CBAT TOCP
1996ae
NGC 5908
15:16:42.04
+55:25:01.1
2012/03/03.480
11.0E 27.0N
LBV
17.3
PSN J15164204+5525011
CBAT TOCP

NGC 5917
15:21:34.75
-07:22:18.3
2013/01/27.340
31.0W 19.0N
LBV
17.6
AT2013lb
CBAT TOCP
1990Q
NGC 6012
15:54:12.320
+14:36:23.10
2016/05/30.497
30.0
LBV
20.5
2016cpd
PS1 SN page

NGC 6267
16:58:08.30
+22:59:23.5
2013/06/15.320
3.0E 17.0N
LBV
19.0
SNhunt203
SNhunt

NGC 6509
17:59:22.995
+06:17:26.56
2011/06/24.370
34.4E 13.6N
LBV
18.2
PSN J17592296+0617267
CBET 2754

NGC 6946
20:34:45.35
+60:05:57.8
2008/02/01.7889
53.0E 196.0S
IIn-pec/LBV
16.5
2008S
CBET 1234
1917A, 1939C, 1948B, 1968D, 1969P, 1980K, 2002hh, 2004et
NGC 718
01:53:11.206
+04:11:47.00
2019/11/04.135
31.3E 2.0N
LBV
17.5
AT2019udc
TNS

NGC 7259
22:23:08.26
-28:56:52.4
2009/08/26.11
36.2W 25.1N
LBV
13.3
2009ip
CBET 1928

NGC 7286
22:27:51.841
+29:05:58.92
2019/08/01.453
17.4W 13.4N
LBV
19.0
AT2019mil
TNS

NGC 7552
23:16:09.79
-42:34:57.5
2014/09/24.460
11.0E 8.0N
LBV
17.3
AT2014ej
CBET 3998

NGC 772
01:59:14.43
+19:01:33.9
2013/07/26.450
73.0E 67.0N
LRN
19.1
PSN J01591443+1901339
CBAT TOCP
2003ip, 2003hl
NGC 772
01:59:19.65
+19:01:22.2
2016/02/10.000
0.0W 0.0N
LBV?
99.9
SNhunt306
SNhunt
2003ip, 2003hl
NGC 908
02:22:59.857
-21:14:15.05
2021/10/14.488
0.0
LBV
20.6
AT2021ablz
PS1 SN page
2006ce
NGC 925
02:26:55.342
+33:34:56.70
2023/07/26.582
0.0
LRN
19.1
2023nzt
TNS

None
01:08:03.507
+01:08:41.59
2020/11/10.378
0.0
LBV
20.8
2020zmn
PS1 SN page

None
03:17:37.54
+00:48:57.4
2012/12/05
0.0
LBV
20.5
LSQ12hot
ATEL 4698

None
03:20:10.868
+08:44:55.96
2022/09/07.473
0.0
FBOT
20.4
AT2022tsd
TNS

None
09:31:21.0
-11:37:47.0
2012/12/01
0.0
LBV
19.5
LSQ12gxb
ATEL 4618

None
09:45:43.77
+41:07:38.0
2011/04/28.270
0.0
LBV
19.2
PSN J09454377+4107380
CBAT TOCP

None
10:08:03.815
+21:04:26.95
2023/04/10.204
0.0
FBOT?
19.7
AT2023fhn
TNS

None
10:42:17.752
+52:29:19.33
2023/05/01.199
0.0
FBOT?
19.9
AT2023hkw
TNS

None
11:08:40.050
-60:42:51.62
2019/08/22.540
0.0
LBV
10.3
AT2019ooa
GAIA page

None
11:42:56.40
+04:21:47.4
2012/02/03.700
0.0
LBV
18.6
PS1-12qh
ATEL 3980

None
12:48:09.676
+27:05:26.28
2023/05/27.296
0.0
FBOT?
19.5
AT2023jrh
TNS

None
13:57:16.82
-09:32:38.5
2011/02/08
0.0
LBV
16.3
CSS110208:135717-093238
ATEL 3343

None
17:14:05.561
+35:32:31.79
2021/05/03.554
0.0
LBV
18.6
2021lao
TNS

None
17:56:34.401
+08:02:37.32
2023/10/18.116
0.0
FBOT
17.6
AT2023vth
TNS

PGC 159645
14:04:22.10
-15:13:15.0
2011/04/24.470
20.0W 9.0N
LBV?
20.5
SNHunt51
SNHunt

SDSS J082451.43+211743.3
08:24:51.568
+21:17:43.15
2023/10/06.580
2.2W 1.2N
II/FBOT
15.7
2023ufx
TNS

SDSS J094838.45+332529.1
09:48:38.863
+33:25:03.28
2020/05/04.268
0.0
LBV
18.7
AT2020jev
PS1 SN page

SDSS J232123.40+115632.7
23:21:23.439
+11:56:32.21
2024/07/27.346
0.0
FBOT
19.4
AT2024qfm
TNS

UGC 10213
16:07:23.710
+10:25:40.19
2017/04/20.592
21.8
LBV
20.5
AT2017dha
PS1 SN page

UGC 12182
22:45:41.13
+73:09:47.8
2006/09/17.15
13.9W 3.6N
LBV
17.4
2006fp
IAUC 8750
2014ck
UGC 2773
03:32:07.24
+47:47:39.6
2009/08/18.082
0.1E 2.9S
II/LBV
17.6
Possible Supernova in UGC 2773
CBET 1931

UGC 3165
04:47:30.00
+23:58:56.0
2012/09/25.000
35.0W 6.0S
LBV
15.9
PSN J04472985+2358555
CBAT TOCP
2017fvr
UGC 3753
07:13:55.20
+23:14:09.0
2011/03/05.070
10.0E 12.0S
LBV?
20.0
SNHunt41
SNHunt

UGC 4139
07:59:23.25
+16:25:10.9
2012/02/25.240
5.0E 6.0S
LBV?
19.5
TCP J07592325+1625109
CBAT TOCP
2011an
UGC 449
00:42:23.254
+29:42:02.31
2022/07/06.542
0.0
LBV
18.8
AT2022oku
TNS

UGC 5829
10:42:34.342
+34:26:14.60
2021/02/01.467
93.6E 41.0S
LBV
16.5
AT2021blu
TNS

UGC 5979
10:52:40.05
+67:59:14.2
2007/12/20.912
6.9E 6.7S
LBV
17.1
2007sv
CBET 1182

UGC 7848
12:41:01.55
+63:31:11.6
2006/04/28.36
28.4W 0.6S
IIn/LBV
17.8
2006bv
IAUC 8705

UGC 8246
13:10:07.34
+34:10:51.4
2013/12/20.932
32.7W 0.8S
LBV
17.5
AT2013la
CBAT TOCP

UGC 9113
14:14:17.080
+35:25:43.47
2017/04/12.482
33.7
LBV
19.3
AT2017dau
PS1 SN page

UGC 9842
15:25:08.52
+37:57:49.4
2012/02/17.939
30.9W 12.9N
IIn/LBV
17.6
2012as
CBET 3044

VII Zw 066
10:21:20.958
+12:10:41.23
2019/05/24.301
0.0
LBV
19.1
AT2019fxy
TNS

WISEA J024205.70-165726.5
02:42:05.484
-16:57:23.07
2024/09/26.371
0.0
FBOT
17.6
2024wpp
TNS

WISEA J062840.59-694048.1
06:28:40.64
-69:40:48.1
2014/12/13
0.0
IIn/LBV
17.2
OGLE-2014-SN-173
ATEL 7207

References
• Supernova Impostors by Schuler Van Dyk

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