-
emission lines they can be
identified in
nearby galaxies.
About 600 Wolf–
Rayets have been
catalogued in our own
Milky Way Galaxy. This
number has changed...
- 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...
-
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:...
-
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...
- 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...
-
branch post-AGB super-AGB Blue loop
Planetary nebula Protoplanetary Wolf–
Rayet nebula PG1159 Dredge-up OH/IR
Instability strip Luminous blue
variable Stellar...
- galaxies. Wolf–
Rayet galaxies (WR galaxies),
galaxies where a
large portion of the
bright stars are Wolf–
Rayet stars. The Wolf–
Rayet phase is a relatively...
- nitrogen, or
sometimes oxygen. Once
included as type O stars, the Wolf–
Rayet stars of class W or WR are
notable for
spectra lacking hydrogen lines. Instead...
-
toward the end of
their lives. Such
stars are
termed Wolf–
Rayets. The
outermost layers of a Wolf–
Rayet star are
enriched in oxygen, nitrogen,
silicon and carbon...
- 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...
