REMARKS ON THE OMEGA-LIMIT

The dependence on rotation of the Eddington luminosity and the conditi on of critical rotation for stars close to the Eddington limit are ree xamined with respect to the ''Omega-limit'' introduced recently. The l atter is an artifact due to disregarding gravity darkening. It is show n that the standard condition for critical rotation is not affected by the proximity to the Eddington limit, while rotation reduces the Eddi ngton luminosity by at most approximate to 40 per cent in the critical case. As a consequence, the stellar mass loss rate will not diverge a t the ''Omega-limit'' but rather weakly depend on rotation.