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A Unique Star in the Outer Halo of the Milky Way

  • Authors: David K. Lai, Constance M. Rockosi, Michael Bolte, Jennifer A. Johnson, Timothy C. Beers, Young Sun Lee, Carlos Allende Prieto, and Brian Yanny

LAI et al. 2009 The Astrophysical Journal 697 L63.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 2.

A Mg line at 5183 Å (top plot) and a Ca line at 6162 Å (bottom plot) from SDSS J234723.64+010833.4 (solid line), and HD 122563 (long dashed line). HD 122563 has an [Fe/H]=−2.6 and relatively normal [α/Fe]~ 0.2. SDSS J234723.64+010833.4, which has [Fe/H]  = −3.17 should have weaker noticeably weaker lines if this were a typical [α/Fe] enhanced MP star. However, while the Mg is clearly weaker, the Ca line is actually stronger relative to the same line in HD 122563.

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