List of hottest stars explained
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
| Luminosity
| Spectral type | Distance
| Ref. |
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WR 102 | 200,000 | 16.1 | 380,000 | WO2 | 8,610 | [1] [2] |
WR 142 | 200,000 | 28.6 | 912,000 | WO2 | 5,400 | |
LMC195-1 | 200,000 | | 257,000 | WO2 | ~160,000 | [3] |
BAT99-123 | 170,000 | 7.7 | 158,000 | WO3 | ~160,000 | |
WR 93b | 160,000 | 8.1 | 110,000 | WO3 | 7,470[4] | |
[HC2007] 31 | 160,000? | | | WO3 | 12,886,000 | [5] |
BAT99-53 A | 158,000 | 13 | 224,000 | WC4 | ~160,000 | [6] |
BAT99-7 | 158,000 | 25 | 692,000 | WN4b | ~160,000 | |
IC 1613 DR1 | 150,000 | 20 | 480,000 | WO3 | ~2,380,000 | [7] |
LH41-1042 | 150,000 | 8.4 | 182,000 | WO4 | ~160,000 | [8] |
BAT99-2 | 141,000 | 13 | 234,000 | WN2 | ~160,000 | [9] |
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 | [10] |
WR 9 (WR) | 139,700 | 9 | 501,000 | WC4 | 14,900 | |
WR 30a (WR) | 129,500 | 7.5-9.7 | 195,000 | WO4 | 25,340 | [11] |
WR 38 | 126,000 | 10.4 | 724,000[12] | WC4 | 19,700 | |
WR 142a | 125,000 | 7.9 | 110,000 | WC8 | 5,900 | [13] |
BAT99-128 | 112,000 | 14 | 275,000 | WN3 | ~160,000 | |
WR 1 | 112,000 | 27 | 759,000 | WN4-s | 10,300 | [14] |
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 | [15] |
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 (WR) | 90,000 | 9 | 204,000 | WC8 | 1,100 | [16] |
EZ CMa | 89,100 | 23 | 617,000 | WN4-s | 5,900 | [17] |
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 | |
WR 19 A | 79,400 | | 400,000 | WC5d | 14,000 | [18] [19] |
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 | |
WR 136 | 70,800 | 15 | 260,000 | WN6(h)-s | 6,290 | |
WR 75 | 63,100 | 18 | 389,000 | WN6-s | 10,800 | |
WR 134 | 63,100 | 19 | 400,000 | WN6-s | 6,000 | |
WR 60 | 63,100 | 23 | 631,000 | WC8 | 11,500 | |
WR 149 | 63,100 | 14 | 269,000 | WN5-s | 15,900 | |
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See also
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