Wolf–Rayet stars (WR stars) are massive stars (over 20 solar masses initially). They are losing mass rapidly by means of a very strong stellar wind, with...

known stars. Most of the stars in this list are within the Milky Way except BAT99-123 (near the end of the list), which is in the Large Magellanic Cloud....

BAT99-116 (commonly called Melnick 34 or Mk34) is a binary Wolf–Rayet star near R136 in the 30 Doradus complex (also known as the Tarantula Nebula) in...

most massive and luminous stars known (196 M☉ and around 5 million L☉). BAT99-98 37.5 L/Teff One of the most massive and luminous stars known. HD 5980...

230 M☉ Radius 18.4 R☉ Luminosity 5,623,000 L☉ Temperature 51,000 K Age ~1.7 Myr Other designations BAT99 112, RMC 136c Database references SIMBAD data...

visible magnitude Effective temperature (K) Spectral type Link Reference BAT99-98 (in Tarantula Nebula of LMC) 5,012,000 -12.01 165,000 13.38 45,000 N/A...

830,000 BAT99-123 170,000 0.47 170,000 WR 93b 170,000 0.44 110,000 WR 2 141,000 0.89 280,000 AB8 141,000 2 1,420,000 BAT99-94 141,000 NA NA BAT99-2 141...

Large Magellanic Cloud 291 WN5h Westerhout 49-2 Milky Way 250±120 O2-3.5If* BAT99-98 Large Magellanic Cloud 226 N/A Melnick 42 Large Magellanic Cloud 189...