[WR] star Comparison Table

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[WR] star comparison table

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Wolf-Rayet emission line star One of a class of very luminous, very hot (as high as 50000 K) stars whose spectra have broad emission lines (mainly He I and He II), which are presumed to originate from material ejected from the star at very high (~ 2000 km s^-1 ) velocities. Some W-R spectra show emission lines due to carbon (WC stars); others show emission lines due to nitrogen (WN stars). (Hiltner and Schild classification: WN-A, narrow lines; WN-B, broad lines.)

[WR] star Wolf-Rayet WR star that is the central object of a planetary nebula.

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
Wolf-Rayet	emission line star	One of a class of very luminous, very hot (as high as 50000 K) stars whose spectra have broad emission lines (mainly He I and He II), which are presumed to originate from material ejected from the star at very high (~ 2000 km s^-1 ) velocities. Some W-R spectra show emission lines due to carbon (WC stars); others show emission lines due to nitrogen (WN stars). (Hiltner and Schild classification: WN-A, narrow lines; WN-B, broad lines.)
[WR] star	Wolf-Rayet	WR star that is the central object of a planetary nebula.

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