Title: A Modern Search for Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Magellanic Clouds. III. A Third Year of Discoveries,
Abstract: For the past three years we have been conducting a survey for WR stars in the
Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC, SMC). Our previous work has resulted in
the discovery of a new type of WR star in the LMC, which we are calling WN3/O3.
These stars have the emission-line properties of a WN3 star (strong N V but no
N IV), plus the absorption-line properties of an O3 star (Balmer hydrogen plus
Pickering He II but no He I). Yet these stars are 15x fainter than an O3 V star
would be by itself, ruling out these being WN3+O3 binaries. Here we report the
discovery of two more members of this class, bringing the total number of these
objects to 10, 6.5% of the LMC's total WR population. The optical spectra of
nine of these WN3/O3s are virtually indistinguishable from each other, but one
of the newly found stars is significantly different, showing a lower excitation
emission and absorption spectrum (WN4/O4-ish). In addition, we have newly
classified three unusual Of-type stars, including one with a strong C III 4650
line, and two rapidly rotating "Oef" stars. We also "rediscovered" a low mass
x-ray binary, RX J0513.9-6951, and demonstrate its spectral variability.
Finally, we discuss the spectra of ten low priority WR candidates that turned
out not to have He II emission. These include both a Be star and a B[e] star.