Two new Wolf-Rayet stars in the LMC

TL;DR

This paper reports the discovery of two new Wolf-Rayet stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, highlighting the potential for more undiscovered stars in this galaxy.

Contribution

The discovery of two new WN3 Wolf-Rayet stars in the LMC, suggesting there are more such stars yet to be found.

Findings

Two new WN3 stars identified in the LMC.

Both stars are bright, isolated, and relatively weak-lined.

Potential existence of approximately 10 more undiscovered WNE stars.

Abstract

We report the discovery of two previously unknown WN3 stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Both are bright (15th magnitude), isolated, and located in regions covered in earlier surveys, although both are relatively weak-lined. We suggest that there may be $\mathcal{O}(10)$ remaining undiscovered WNE stars in the LMC.