An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A → WN Wolf-Rayet star which is hydrogen rich. WNh stars are initially more massive and have lost relatively little mass compared to other WR stars. It is suggested that these types are core hydrogen burning → main sequence objects. The most massive stars currently known are all WNh stars rather than O-type main sequence stars.

See also: WN, from → WN Wolf-Rayet; h, from → hydrogen.