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Re-classification of the alleged quasar Q0045-3337

arXiv:0802.2515 · doi:10.2174/1874381100902010023

Abstract

We present a medium-resolution optical spectrum of the alleged high-redshift quasar Q0045-3337, taken at the ESO/3.6m telescope. Our observations show that the object is not a quasar but a star of spectral type B. We suggest that the object is either a white dwarf or a halo population Blue Horizontal Branch star.

Accepted for publication in the Bentham Open Astronomy Journal