Sky & Telescope - USA (2019-08)

Wolf-Rayet Nebulae

30 AUGUST 2019 • SKY & TELESCOPE

ARCS AND FILAMENTS Lying

in the Cygnus OB 3 association,

WR 134 is responsible for this

delicate arc captured by the May-

all 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak

National Observatory. During the

WR phase, the fast stellar wind

plows into the ambient medium,

which may include matter previ-

ously shrugged off by the supergi-

ant. When the high-speed winds

collide with the nebula around the

star, they generate shocks that we

see as arcs in the visible.

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