Wolf-Rayet Star Catalogue Galactic Wolf Rayet Catalogue v1.33 (Gaia DR3), 705 WR stars, Aug 2025




  • Omissions since VII/Annex

  • 1 star (GC IRS 2) from Tanner et al. (2005, TGM05)
  • 1 star (LHO 110, WR102df) from LHO09 (O6-8 If) was subsequently classified as WN9 (WR102df) by Liermann et al. (2010). LHO 110 does not appear to exhibit HeII 2.189um so is currently excluded.
  • 4 candidate dusty WC identifications in IRS 13E (WR101de, 101df, 101dh, 101ea) primarily from Maillard et al. (2004, MPS04) were not supported by Fritz et al. (FGD10)
  • 8 stars from original manuscript of Kanarek et al. (2014, KSF14). 1089-117 omitted since spectroscopy reveals MgII 2.13/2.14 micron emission so LBV candidate Stringfellow et al. (2012). 1626-4FC8 is a [WC6] according to Gvaramadze et al. (2010) supported by a modest distance according to its Gaia DR3 parallax. Other sources also omitted 1343-69E, 1353-160A, 1430-AB0, 1443-760, 1547-1DF2, 1547-E0B, some of which are reclassified as PNe or B[e]/LBVs.
  • 1 star from Shara et al. (2012), 1023-63L (WC7) has been reclassified as a CSPNe [WC7] by Kanarek et al. 2016 (KSF16), but is currently retained until its distance is established.
  • 1 star (CXOGC J174550.2-284911, WR102-4) is a duplicate of WR102ae as noted by Pantaleoni Gonzalez et al. 2025, coordinates of Arches WR stars updated according to Clark et al. (2018, CLN18), and 4 Galactic Centre IRS 13E sources (listed above) hve been removed. The candidate WR star LAMOST J101509.39-030832.6 from Chang et al. (2025) is the Cataclysmic Variable SW Sex.