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CD-42° 14462—A Rotating White Dwarf (?)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

G. Wegner*
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, The Australian National University, Canberra

Extract

Recently E. M. Burbidge and P. A. Strittmatter1 have found that the DB-like star G61-29 has broad He emission lines suggesting a rapid rotation. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a further white dwarf candidate for rapid rotation.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1972

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