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Wolf-Rayet stars in extragalactic star-forming regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Maximilien Pindao*
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland

Abstract

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We performed a search of Wolf-Rayet stars features in optical spectra of two large samples of H II regions and H II galaxies. The main results are a list of galaxies/regions containing WR stars (of which seven are new WR galaxies) and a second list of possible WR galaxies/regions with WR stars.

Type
Part 5. Wolf-Rayet stars and other massive stars in starburst galaxies: the case of Wolf-Rayet galaxies (integrated spectra)
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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