List of Wolf-Rayet stars


This is a list of Wolf-Rayet stars, in order of their distance from Earth.

List

Magellanic Clouds

The Large Magellanic Cloud is around 163 kly distant and the Small Magellanic Cloud is around 204 kly distant.
Host galaxyStar systemMedian distance Spectral typeApparent magnitude Comments and references
LMCLMC195-1160,000WO215.15
LMCLH 41-1042160,000WO413.95
LMCR145 163,000WN6h + O3.5If*/WN712.04
LMCHD 38282 163,000WN5-6h + WN6-7h11.11
LMCBAT99-7163,000WN4b13.81
LMCBAT99-59163,000WRCentral star of NGC 2020.
LMCBAT99-123 163,000WO315.204
LMCMelnick 34 163,000WN5h + WN5h13.09
LMCR136a1 163,000WN5h12.23
LMCR136a2 163,000WN5h12.34
LMCR136a3163,000WN5h12.97
LMCR136c163,000WN5h12.86
LMCR71 164,000WR8.7 - 9.9 - 11.2
LMCVFTS 457164,000O3.5If*/WN7
LMCVFTS 482164,000O3If*/WN6-A
LMCVFTS 545164,000O2If*/WN5
LMCVFTS 682164,000WN5h16.08
LMCVFTS 1022164,000O3.5If*/WN7
LMCR134164,000WR
LMCR146164,000WN4
LMCBAT99-98165,000WN613.38
LMCR99165,000Ofpe/WN1011.46
SMCSMC AB7197,000WN413.016
SMCSMC AB8197,000WO412.83
SMCHD 5980200,000WN48.8 - 11.9-

Andromeda Galaxy and Triangulum Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 Mly distant and the Triangulum Galaxy is around 3.2 Mly distant