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WC star comparison table

Subject has right ascension has spectral type has declination is part of has extent has age has surface temperature has orbital period is an instance of has velocity has surface density has star surface temperature has V magnitude has parallax has position on celestial sphere has been observ has location has B-V magnitude has angular momentum has distance has ejection velocity has radiation at surface has B magnitude has temperature has abundance has spectra is usually part of has proper motion has energy source has energy production has catalog has absolute magnitude has U magnitude has volume has momentum has apparent magnitude has material has mass has emission line has synonym has definition has number of star

Gamma Velorum 8 9 31.9 WC8+O7.5e -47 20 12 Milky Way greater than 1000 Kelvin 78.5 days triple star determined from proper motion and radial velocity which depends on luminosity class 1.78 from the point of view of Earth's orbit from the point of view of Earth for many centuries or center of gravity -0.22 400 pc 2000 km s^-1 which is diffused out from the hotter core up to 50000 K half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems asterism gravitational contraction and or fusion which takes place primarily within the core star catalog M_v = - 5.6 brighter than 5 hydrogen, helium greater than 0.08 the sun's mass He I, He II, C II, C III or C IV HR 3207 A triple system (WC8, B1 IV, O9 I) embedded in the Gum Nebula. It is the brightest Wolf-Rayet star in the sky. 3

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Subject	has right ascension	has spectral type	has declination	is part of	has extent	has age	has surface temperature	has orbital period	is an instance of	has velocity	has surface density	has star surface temperature	has V magnitude	has parallax	has position on celestial sphere	has been observ	has location	has B-V magnitude	has angular momentum	has distance	has ejection velocity	has radiation at surface	has B magnitude	has temperature	has abundance	has spectra	is usually part of	has proper motion	has energy source	has energy production	has catalog	has absolute magnitude	has U magnitude	has volume	has momentum	has apparent magnitude	has material	has mass	has emission line	has synonym	has definition	has number of star
Gamma Velorum	8 9 31.9	WC8+O7.5e	-47 20 12	Milky Way			greater than 1000 Kelvin	78.5 days	triple star	determined from proper motion and radial velocity	which depends on luminosity class		1.78	from the point of view of Earth's orbit	from the point of view of Earth	for many centuries	or center of gravity	-0.22		400 pc	2000 km s^-1	which is diffused out from the hotter core		up to 50000 K	half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems		asterism		gravitational contraction and or fusion	which takes place primarily within the core	star catalog	M_v = - 5.6				brighter than 5	hydrogen, helium	greater than 0.08 the sun's mass	He I, He II, C II, C III or C IV	HR 3207	A triple system (WC8, B1 IV, O9 I) embedded in the Gum Nebula. It is the brightest Wolf-Rayet star in the sky.	3