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The ultra-compact binary candidate KUV 23182+1007 is a bright quasar

Southworth, J.; Schwope, A.; Gaensicke, B.T.; Schreiber, M.R.

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Authors

A. Schwope

B.T. Gaensicke

M.R. Schreiber



Abstract

KUV 23182+1007 was identified as a blue object in the Kiso UV Survey in the 1980s. Classification-dispersion spectroscopy showed a featureless continuum except for a strong emission line in the region of He II 4686 A. This is a hallmark of the rare AM CVn class of cataclysmic variable star, so we have obtained a high-S/N blue spectrum of this object to check its classification. Instead, the spectrum shows a strong quasar-like emission line centred on 4662 A. Comparison with the SDSS quasar template spectra confirms that KUV 23182+1007 is a quasar with a redshift of z = 0.665.

Citation

Southworth, J., Schwope, A., Gaensicke, B., & Schreiber, M. (2007). The ultra-compact binary candidate KUV 23182+1007 is a bright quasar. arXiv,

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 6, 2007
Publication Date Jun 6, 2007
Journal arXiv.org
Print ISSN 2331-8422
Publisher Cornell University
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Keywords astrophysics
Publisher URL http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.0809#

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