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 star • variable star • white hole • Wolf-Rayet star |