Optical spectroscopy of WR stars in M 33 and M 31. II - The WO population and discovery of an Ofp/WN 9 star in M 33

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Andromeda Galaxy, Astronomical Spectroscopy, O Stars, Spiral Galaxies, Wolf-Rayet Stars, Emission Spectra, Massive Stars, Spectral Line Width, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Spectra, Stellar Winds

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Optical spectra of 11 WR stars in M 33 and M 31 obtained with a faint object spectrograph (FOS) on the 4.2 m WHT are reported. Data presented confirm that there is a wide spread in the FWHM of C IV lambda 5800 for the WC 4-5 stars in M 33 from about 30 to 110 A. The FOS data provide the first measurements of the O VI lambda 3800 region of three of the five M 33 stars. These three stars are considered to be WN-CE, WC 4-5, and WC 4 stars. These considerations limit the known WO population in M 33 to less than or equal to two objects. One M 33 star, called MCA-1-B, is found to exhibit numerous narrow emission lines in H I, He I, N II, and N III, very similar to the optical spectrum of R 84 in the LMC which provides the first indication of a transition Ofp/WN 9 star in M 33.

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