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4. Trigonometrical Parallaxes of LB 3303 and LB 3459

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

J. Churms  and
A. D. Thackeray
J. Churms
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory, Cape, South Africa
A. D. Thackeray
Affiliation:
Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, South Africa

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Radcliffe spectra of this star in 1961 confirmed Luyten's suspicion on the basis of colour and proper motion that this object is a bright white dwarf. The profile of Hγ was found to be closely similar to that of o2 Eri B. Hill and Hill have published photometry yielding V = 11.40. The only known white dwarfs brighter than this are Sirius B, o2 Eri B, Procyon B, Feige 34 and CD −38° 10980.

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Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 42: White Dwarfs , 1971 , pp. 21 - 23
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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