• WR 142 is a Wolf-Rayet star in the constellation Cygnus, an extremely rare star on the WO oxygen sequence. It is a luminous and very hot star, highly evolved...
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    observations seem to indicate that if WR 102 is rotating, it is rotating at a much lower speed. WR 142 WR 30a WR 93b List of supernova candidates Vallenari...
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    Wolf–Rayet star (redirect from WR star)
    Wolf–Rayet stars, often abbreviated as WR stars, are a rare heterogeneous set of stars with unusual spectra showing prominent broad emission lines of ionised...
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  • population of the superbubble N 206 in the LMC. II. Parameters of the OB and WR stars, and the total massive star feedback". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 615:...
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  • star with strong OVI emission in 1971, alongside other WO stars like WR 102, WR 142 and SMC AB8. Most stars with strong OVI emission known at the time were...
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    obscured region of the Milky Way in Cygnus. The rare WO type Wolf–Rayet star WR 142 is a member of Berkeley 87. This cluster contains HD 229059 which, as of...
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    calculated that WR 93b will explode as a supernova within 8,000 years. WR 102 WR 142 WR 30a List of supernova candidates Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration)...
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    star known alongside VFTS 285 (609 km/s), and preceded only by the WO star WR 142 which has a rotational velocity of 1000 km/s. The resulting centripetal...
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    Tuthill, Peter G.; et al. (March 2008). "The Prototype Colliding-Wind Pinwheel WR 104". The Astrophysical Journal. 675 (1): 698–710. arXiv:0712.2111. Bibcode:2008ApJ...
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  • known example of a qWR star. HD 112313 3,377.2±153.6 1 WC Center star of NGC 4361 Nebula. WR 142 4,000 1 WO2 12.94 HD 151932 (WR 78) 4,100 1 WN7h 6.45...
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