The binary white dwarf LHS 3236

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2013

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Harris, Hugh H
Dahn, Conard C
Dupuy, Trent J
Canzian, Blaise
Guetter, Harry H
Hartkopf, William I
Leggett, S K
Levine, S E
Liu, Michael C
Luginbuhl, Christian B

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IOP Publishing

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The white dwarf LHS 3236 (WD1639+153) is shown to be a double-degenerate binary, with each component having a high mass. Astrometry at the U.S. Naval Observatory gives a parallax and distance of 30.86 ± 0.25 pc and a tangential velocity of 98 km s-1, and

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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