An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A young → A-type or → B-type star showing → emission lines in its spectrum. Herbig AeBe stars are → pre-main sequence stars of
→ intermediate mass (→ intermediate-mass star). They are often called the higher mass counterparts of → T Tauri stars.

See also: Named after George H. Herbig (1920-2013), who first classified them (Herbig 1960, ApJS 4, 337); → A star; → B star; e indicating
→ emission.