- Wolf–
Rayet stars,
often abbreviated as WR stars, are a rare
heterogeneous set of
stars with
unusual spectra showing prominent broad emission lines of...
- Wolf–
Rayet (WR) can mean: Wolf–
Rayet star, a type of evolved, m****ive star Wolf–
Rayet galaxy,
which contains large numbers of Wolf–
Rayet stars Wolf–
Rayet nebula...
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Rayet is a
commune in the Lot-et-Garonne
department in south-western France.
Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne
department "Répertoire
national des élus:...
- Georges-Antoine-Pons
Rayet (12
December 1839 – 14 June 1906) was a
French astronomer. He was born in Bordeaux, France. He
began working at the
Paris Observatory...
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luminous stars List of
least m****ive
stars List of
coolest stars "Wolf-
Rayet Star Catalogue". pacrowther.staff.shef.ac.uk.
Retrieved 2021-05-28. Sander...
- A Wolf-
Rayet nebula is a type of
nebula created from
stellar winds expelled by Wolf-
Rayet stars. Wolf-
Rayet stars are very hot,
highly luminous, and rapidly...
-
located about 2,580 p****cs (8,400 ly) from Earth. The
primary star is a Wolf–
Rayet star (abbreviated as WR),
which has a B0.5 main
sequence star in
close orbit...
- red
supergiants due to high m**** loss.
These may
instead evolve to a Wolf–
Rayet star,
characterised by
spectra dominated by
emission lines of
elements heavier...
- WR 140 is a
visually moderately bright Wolf–
Rayet star
placed within the
spectroscopic binary star, SBC9 1232,
whose primary star is an
evolved spectral...
-
explode as a
supernova or
completely shed
their outer layers to
become a Wolf–
Rayet star.
Stars with an
initial m****
above about 40 M☉ are
simply too luminous...
