a star chart of the galaxy.
A Wolf-Rayet star was a type of star in described in the Federation's knowledge of stellar classification, rare to be found in the Milky Way Galaxy.
History and specifics
In the year 2275, there were none found in the Federation, nor within range of the longest-range survey ships.
That same year, the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise, while testing a new inversion drive, found itself about a Wolf-Rayet star, zeta-10 Scorpii, that was a "blinding white terror." (TOS novel: The Wounded Sky)
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| Stellar classification | |
|---|---|
| By class and type | class O blue-violet star • class B blue star • class A blue-white star • class F white star (white dwarf) • class G yellow star (yellow dwarf • yellow giant) • class K orange star (orange giant) • class M red star (red dwarf • red giant • red supergiant) • boson star • brown dwarf • green star • N-type star • R-type star • S-type star • D-type star |
| By size or makeup | black hole/black star • carbon star • dwarf star (brown dwarf • red dwarf • white dwarf • yellow dwarf) • giant star (blue giant • red giant • orange giant • yellow giant) • Lazarus star • microstar • neutron star (collapsar • magnetar • pulsar) • protostar • supergiant • hypergiant • variable star • white hole • Wolf-Rayet star |