List of hottest stars
This is a list of hottest stars so far discovered, arranged by decreasing temperature. The stars with temperatures higher than 60,000 K are included.
List
| Star name | Effective Temperature | Mass | Luminosity | Spectral type | Distance | Description | Ref. |
| WR 102 | 200,000 | 16.1 | 380,000 | WO2 | 8,610 | ||
| WR 142 | 200,000 | 28.6 | 912,000 | WO2 | 5,400 | Very young oxygen type WO star on the Berkeley 87 star cluster. | |
| LMC195-1 | 200,000 | 257,000 | WO2 | ~160,000 | |||
| BAT99-123 | 170,000 | 7.7 | 158,000 | WO3 | ~160,000 | ||
| WR 93b | 160,000 | 8.1 | 110,000 | WO3 | 7,470 | A WO star with stellar wind speeds of 5750 km/s making it the record holder. | |
| 31 | 160,000? | WO3 | 12,886,000 | ||||
| BAT99-53 A | 158,000 | 13 | 224,000 | WC4 | ~160,000 | ||
| BAT99-7 | 158,000 | 25 | 692,000 | WN4b | ~160,000 | ||
| IC 1613 DR1 | 150,000 | 20 | 480,000 | WO3 | ~2,380,000 | A Wolf-Rayet star located in the dwarf galaxy IC 1613. It is surrounded by a nebula. | |
| LH41-1042 | 150,000 | 8.4 | 182,000 | WO4 | ~160,000 | ||
| BAT99-2 | 141,000 | 13 | 234,000 | WN2 | ~160,000 | ||
| BAT99-94 | 141,000 | 24 | 631,000 | WN3 | ~160,000 | ||
| WR 2 | 141,000 | 16 | 282,000 | WN2 | 7,830 | ||
| AB8 | 141,000 | 19 | 1,413,000 | WO4 | ~197,000 | ||
| BA 1-458 | 140,000 | 28.1 | 776,000 | WO4 | 2,500,000 | ||
| WR 9 | 139,700 | 9 | 501,000 | WC4 | 14,900 | ||
| WR 30a | 129,500 | 7.5-9.7 | 195,000 | WO4 | 25,340 | ||
| WR 38 | 126,000 | 10.4 | 724,000 | WC4 | 19,700 | ||
| WR 142a | 125,000 | 7.9 | 110,000 | WC8 | 5,900 | ||
| BAT99-128 | 112,000 | 14 | 275,000 | WN3 | ~160,000 | ||
| WR 1 | 112,000 | 27 | 759,000 | WN4-s | 10,300 | ||
| WR 18 | 112,000 | 38 | 1,288,000 | WN4-s | 12,500 | ||
| WR 46 | 112,000 | 14 | 263,000 | WN3pw | 13,000 | ||
| WR 7 | 112,000 | 13 | 214,000 | WN4-s | 14,000 | ||
| WR 144 | 112,000 | 9.9 | 159,000 | WC4 | 5,710 | ||
| WR 52 | 112,000 | 8.5 | 117,000 | WC4 | 5,710 | ||
| AB7 | 105,000 | 23 | 1,259,000 | WN4 | ~197,000 | ||
| BAT99-24 | 100,000 | 17 | 347,000 | WN4b | ~160,000 | ||
| WR 37 | 100,000 | 34 | 1,122,000 | WN4-s | 21,900 | ||
| NGC 6822-WR 12 | 100,000 | 36 | 1,288,000 | WN4 | ~1,631,000 | ||
| Gamma Velorum | 90,000 | 9 | 204,000 | WC8 | 1,100 | A quadruple star system | |
| BAT99-1 | 89,100 | 12 | 200,000 | WN3b | ~160,000 | ||
| EZ CMa | 89,100 | 23 | 617,000 | WN4-s | 5,900 | A Wolf-Rayet star that may be an eccentric binary star system. | |
| WR 36 | 89,100 | 12 | 200,000 | WN5-s | 17,700 | ||
| WR 111 | 89,100 | 13 | 245,000 | WC5 | 5,320 | ||
| WR 150 | 89,100 | 24.8 | 724,000 | WC5 | 28,500 | ||
| BAT99-3 | 79,400 | 16 | 324,000 | WN4b | ~160,000 | ||
| WR 19 A | 79,400 | 400,000 | WC5d | 14,000 | |||
| WR 44 | 79,400 | 18 | 417,000 | WN4-w | 19,800 | ||
| WR 58 | 79,400 | 8.4 | 89,100 | WN4/WCE | 19,700 | ||
| BAT99-37 | 79,400 | 19 | 447,000 | WN3o | 160,000 | ||
| WR 45 | 79,400 | 14.1 | 282,000 | WC6 | 13,900 | ||
| BAT99-26 | 70,800 | 18 | 417,000 | WN4b | ~160,000 | ||
| BAT99-35 | 70,800 | 24 | 398,000 | WN3(h) | ~160,000 | ||
| BAT99-86 | 70,800 | 12 | 427,000 | WN3(h) | ~160,000 | ||
| WR 136 | 70,800 | 15 | 260,000 | WN6(h)-s | 6,290 | Fast stellar winds created the Crescent nebula | |
| WR 75 | 63,100 | 18 | 389,000 | WN6-s | 10,800 | ||
| WR 134 | 63,100 | 19 | 400,000 | WN6-s | 6,000 | A Wolf-Rayet star that is very bright | |
| WR 60 | 63,100 | 23 | 631,000 | WC8 | 11,500 | ||
| WR 149 | 63,100 | 14 | 269,000 | WN5-s | 15,900 |