List of hottest stars

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File:WR102 Ejecta Nebula.png
Nebula ejecta from the star WR 102

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

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Star name Effective
Temperature
(K) 		Mass
(M☉) 		Luminosity
(L☉) 		Spectral type Distance
(light-years) 		Description 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 Very young oxygen type WO star on the Berkeley star cluster.[4] [3]
LMC195-1 200,000 257,000 WO2 ~160,000 [5]
BAT99-123 170,000 7.7 158,000 WO3 ~160,000 [6]
WR 93b 160,000 8.1 110,000 WO3 7,470[1] A WO star with stellar wind speeds of 5750 km/s making it the record holder. [3]
[HC2007] 31 160,000? WO3 12,886,000 [7]
BAT99-53 A 158,000 13 224,000 WC4 ~160,000 [8]
BAT99-7 158,000 25 692,000 WN4b ~160,000 [9]
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.[10] [11]
LH41-1042 150,000 8.4 182,000 WO4 ~160,000 [6]
BAT99-2 141,000 13 234,000 WN2 ~160,000 [9]
BAT99-94 141,000 24 631,000 WN3 ~160,000 [9]
WR 2 141,000 16 282,000 WN2 7,830[1]
AB8 141,000 19 1,413,000 WO4 ~197,000 [6]
BA 1-458 140,000 28.1 776,000 WO4 2,500,000 [12]
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 [13]
WR 38 126,000 10.4 724,000[14] WC4 19,700[14] [3]
WR 142a 125,000 7.9 110,000 WC8 5,900[14] [15]
BAT99-128 112,000 14 275,000 WN3 ~160,000 [9]
WR 1 112,000 27 759,000 WN4-s 10,300[1] [16]
WR 18 112,000 38 1,288,000 WN4-s 12,500[1] [16]
WR 46 112,000 14 263,000 WN3pw 13,000
WR 7 112,000 13 214,000 WN4-s 14,000 [16]
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 [17]
BAT99-24 100,000 17 347,000 WN4b ~160,000 [9]
WR 37 100,000 34 1,122,000 WN4-s 21,900[14]
NGC 6822-WR 12 100,000 36 1,288,000 WN4 ~1,631,000 [12]
Gamma Velorum (WR) 90,000 9 204,000 WC8 1,100 A quadruple star system [18]
BAT99-1 89,100 12 200,000 WN3b ~160,000 [9]
EZ CMa 89,100 23 617,000 WN4-s 5,900[citation needed] A Wolf-Rayet star that may be an eccentric binary star system.[19] [20]
WR 36 89,100 12 200,000 WN5-s 17,700[1] [16]
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]
BAT99-3 79,400 16 324,000 WN4b ~160,000 [9]
WR 19 A 79,400 400,000 WC5d 14,000[1] [21][22]
WR 44 79,400 18 417,000 WN4-w 19,800[1] [16]
WR 58 79,400 8.4 89,100 WN4/WCE 19,700[1] [3]
BAT99-37 79,400 19 447,000 WN3o 160,000 [9]
WR 45 79,400 14.1 282,000 WC6 13,900[1] [3]
BAT99-26 70,800 18 417,000 WN4b ~160,000 [9]
BAT99-35 70,800 24 398,000 WN3(h) ~160,000 [9]
BAT99-86 70,800 12 427,000 WN3(h) ~160,000 [9]
WR 136 70,800 15 260,000 WN6(h)-s 6,290[1] Fast stellar winds created the Crescent nebula[23]
WR 75 63,100 18 389,000 WN6-s 10,800[1] [16]
WR 134 63,100 19 400,000 WN6-s 6,000 A Wolf-Rayet star that is very bright [16]
WR 60 63,100 23 631,000 WC8 11,500[1] [3]
WR 149 63,100 14 269,000 WN5-s 15,900[1] [16]

See also

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References

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