• DOI:10.1098/rspl.1890.0063
• Corpus ID: 120014472

IV. On Wolf and Rayet's bright-line stars in Cygnus

@article{HugginsIVOW,
  title={IV. On Wolf and Rayet's bright-line stars in Cygnus},
  author={William Sir Huggins and Margaret Lindsay Huggins},
  journal={Proceedings of the Royal Society of London},
  volume={49},
  pages={33 - 46}
}

• W. Huggins, M. L. Huggins
• Published 1 February 1891
• Physics
• Proceedings of the Royal Society of London

In 1867 MM. Wolf and Rayet discovered at the Paris Observatory three small stars in Cygnus, which in the spectroscope showed several bright lines upon a continuous spectrum. All three stars have a very bright band in the blue part of the spectrum. These stars are: –B. D. + 35°, No. 4001. B. D. + 35°, No. 4013. B. D. + 36°, No. 3956.