On the parallax of WD 0346+246: A halo white dwarf candidate

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 309, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Hambly, N C ^a   Smartt, S J ^b   Hodgkin, S T ^c   Jameson, R F ^c   Kemp, S N ^d   Rolleston, W R J ^e   Steele, I A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Galaxy: stellar content; Stars: individual: WD 0346+246; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; WHITE DWARFS;

DARK MATTER; GALACTIC HALO; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; MICRO-LENSING; PROPER MOTION; SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERY; STAR: INDIVIDUAL: WD 0346+246; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: PROXIMA CENTAURI; STELLARS; VISUAL MAGNITUDES;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0012671067     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.03085.x     Document Type: Article

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