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SSSPM J1549–3544 Is Not a White Dwarf

J. Farihi et al 2005 ApJ 627 L41-L43   doi: 10.1086/432158  Help

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J. Farihi1,2, P. R. Wood3 and B. Stalder4
1 Gemini Observatory, Northern Operations, 670 North A`ohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720
2 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
3 Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Cotter Road, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia
4 Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822
E-mail: jfarihi@gemini.edu, wood@mso.anu.edu.au and bstalder@ifa.hawaii.edu

ABSTRACT. Spectroscopy and photometry demonstrate that SSSPM J1549-3544 is not a cool white dwarf, but a high-velocity metal-poor halo star.

Subject headings: stars: fundamental parameters; stars: individual (SSSPM J1549–3544); stars: kinematics; subdwarfs; white dwarfs

Print publication: Issue 1 (2005 July 1)
Received 2005 April 22, accepted for publication 2005 May 25
Published 2005 June 10

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