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Hubble Space Telescope image of nebula M1-67 around Wolf–Rayet star WR 124.

Wolf–Rayet stars (often referred to as WR stars) are evolved, massive stars (over 20 solar masses initially), which are losing mass rapidly by means of a very strong stellar wind, with speeds up to 2000 km/s. While our own Sun loses approximately 10⁻¹⁴ solar masses every year, Wolf–Rayet stars typically lose 10⁻⁵ solar masses a year.

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• Related: Gamma-ray burst, Hypernova, Starburst galaxy, Wolf–Rayet nebula, WR 104

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harvard.edu harvard.edu cfa-www.harvard.edu/~pberlind/atlas/htmls/wrstars.html - Web

astro.lsa.umich.edu astro.lsa.umich.edu www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~monnier/Publications/monnier1999c.pdf - Web

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