Astronomy:List of hottest stars

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This is a list of hottest stars so far discovered (excluding degenerate stars), arranged by decreasing temperature. The stars with temperatures higher than 60,000 K are included.

List

Star name Effective
Temperature
(K)
Mass
(M)
Luminosity
(L)
Spectral type Distance
(light years)
Ref.
WR 102 200,000 16.1 380,000 WO2 8,610[1] [2][3]
WR 142 200,000 28.6 912,000 WO2 5,400 [3]
LMC195-1 200,000 257,000 WO2 160,000 [4]
BAT99-123 170,000 158,000 WO3 ~160,000 [5]
WR 93b 160,000 8.1 110,000 WO3 7,470[1] [3]
[HC2007] 31 160,000? WO3 12,886,000 [6]
BAT99-53 A 158,000 13 224,000 WC4 ~160,000 [7]
IC 1613 DR1 150,000 20 480,000 WO3 ~2,380,000
LH41-1042 150,000 8.4 182,000 WO4 ~160,000
BAT99-2 141,000 13 234,000 WN2 ~160,000 [8]
WR 2 141,000 16 282,000 WN2 7,830[1]
AB8 141,000 19 1,413,000 WO4 197,000 [5]
BA 1-458 140,000 28.1 776,000 WO4 2,500,000 [9]
WR 9 (WR) 139,700 9 501,000 WC4 14,900[1]
WR 30a (WR) 129,500 7.5-9.7 195,000 WO4 25,340 [10]
WR 38 126,000 10.4 162,000 WC4 [3]
WR 1 112,200 27 759,000 WN4-s 10,300[1] [11]
WR 18 112,200 38 1,288,000 WN4-s 12,500[1] [11]
WR 46 112,200 14 263,000 WN3pw 13,000
WR 7 112,000 13 214,000 WN4-s 14,000 [11]
WR 144 112,000 9.9 159,000 WC4 5,710[1] [3]
WR 52 112,000 8.5 117,000 WC4 5,710[1] [3]
AB7 105,000 23 1,259,000 WN4 197,000 [12]
WR 143 (WR) 100,000 8? 89,100 WC4 7,240
EZ CMa 89,100 23 617,000 WN4-s [13]
WR 36 89,100 12 200,000 WN5-s 17,700[1] [11]
WR 111 89,100 13 245,000 WC5 5,320[1] [3]
WR 150 89,100 24.8 724,000 WC5 28,500[1] [3]
Theta Muscae 83,000 234,000 WC5 7,500
The stars of Lynx Arc 80,000 12,000,000,000
WR 19 A 79,400 400,000 WC5d 14,000[1]
WR 44 79,400 18 417,000 WN4-w 19,800[1] [11]
WR 58 79,000 8.4 89,100 WN4/WCE 19,700[1] [3]
BAT99-37 79,000 19 447,000 WN3o 160,000 [8]
WR 45 79,000 14.1 282,000 WC6 13,900[1] [3]
WR 86 70,800 WC7
WR 136 70,800 15 260,000 WN6(h)-s 6,290[1]
WR 75 63,100 18 389,000 WN6-s 10,800[1] [11]
WR 134 63,100 19 400,000 WN6-s 6,000
WR 60 63,100 23 631,000 WC8 11,500[1] [3]
WR 149 63,100 14 269,000 WN5-s 15,900[1] [11]
WR102f 60,000 200,000 WC8 26,000

See also

References

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