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Basic parameters and properties of Wolf-Rayet stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Karel A. van der Hucht
Karel A. van der Hucht
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Space Research Organization Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Abstract

The numbers, space distribution and energy distributions of Wolf-Rayet stars are reviewed. The numbers of known WR stars in the Galaxy, the LMC and the SMC are 189, 114, and 10, respectively. Distances and galactic distributions determined by various authors are compared and consequences for with evolutionary studies are discussed. Finally energy distributions from the optical to the radio regime are reviewed.

Keywords

stars: Wolf-Rayet intrinsic parameters energy distributions galactic distribution
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Session I - Basic parameters, properties of single Wolf-Ray et stars
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 163: Wolf-Rayet Stars: Binaries, Colliding Winds, Evolution , 1995 , pp. 7 - 14
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Copyright © Kluwer 1995 

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