Talk:Wolf-Rayet star

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So, according to the article, would a wolf-rayet star have to be in a binary system with either powerful solar wind or a location very close to its companion?

No, this was just some confusion on the part of whoever originally wrote this. Although it was thought in the 1960's that perhaps all Wolf-Rayet stars were formed as part of binary evolution (in which the material from the pre-WR star was removed through the gravity of the companion), it was demonstrated long ago that Wolf-Rayet stars were no more likely to be found in close binary systems than that of any other type of massive star.

[edit] Need help from stellar astronomers

I know theories concerning Wolf Rayet stars have been changing rapidly recently. It would be helpful if someone in the field could give a better overview.

==DONE!==6/18/05

I don't know what have been done so clearly but this page is in very very bad shape. The number of errors or misunderstanding is countless. I have been creating most of the Wolf-Rayet wikipedia page on the french website. [1] I'll try to make a reasonable translation soon. Cédric 195.251.173.14 30 June 2005 13:44 (UTC)

I provided a more reasonable text (16 June), but it's disappeared and the original has returned. I've put back a short, but correct, place-holder,

until Cedric can translate his very nice page. ---phil m.

I cleaned up the links section, added proper citations for the links and added a link to Harvard's "catalog of northern Wolf-Rayet Stars and the Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae". ---jamessavik

[edit] Editing/Clean-Up

I find this sentence "Furthermore some (roughly 10% of the galactic) central stars of planetary nebulae are - despite of their lower masses - also of the WR-type, i.e. they show emission line spectra with broad lines from helium, carbon and oxygen" fairly difficult to parse. The parenthetical could, at least, be un-parenthesized. Possibly just starting the setence "Furthermore, roughly 10% of galactic central stars..." But I have a feeling that galactic is supposed to be modifying nebulae, not stars. Anyone? Onepairofpants 01:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)