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S Doradus is one of the brightest stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud a satellite of the Milky Way. A hypergiant it is one of the most luminous stars known (sometimes more luminous than −10 absolute magnitude) but so far away that it is invisible to the naked eye.This star belongs to its own eponymous S Doradus class of variable stars (these classes are usually named after their prototypes); also designated as the class luminous blue variable or LBV of which S Doradus forms the archetype.