Detection of new Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars with SPHEREx

arXiv:2609.28640 · astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-09-23 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-23

Updated: 2026-09-23

Code: https://github.com/stndstn/tractor

Terminology

• Calibration — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Astronomical Observation Request — 1× in this paper
• Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Classical Wolf-Rayet — 1× in this paper
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• The SPHEREx Image and Spectrophotometry Processing Pipeline
• Wolf-Rayet content of the Milky Way
• Atmospheres and Winds of PN Central Stars
• A Galactic intermediate-mass stripped star with a Wolf-Rayet-like wind
• Wolf-Rayet stars

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