Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-02-10
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Scientific paper
We have re-observed and re-analysed the optical spectrum of the Schweizer-Middleditch star, a hot subdwarf which lies along almost the same line-of-sight as the centre of the historic SN1006 supernova remnant (SNR). Although this object is itself unlikely to be the remnant of the star which exploded in 1006AD, Wellstein et al. (1999) have demonstrated that it could be the remnant of the donor star in a pre-supernova Type Ia interacting binary, if it possesses an unusually low mass. We show that, if it had a mass of 0.1-0.2 Msun, the SM star would lie at the same distance (~800pc) as the SNR as estimated by Willingale et al. (1995). However, most distance estimates to SN1006 are much larger than this, and there are other convincing arguments to suggest that the SM star lies behind this SNR. Assuming the canonical subdwarf mass of 0.5 Msun, we constrain the distance of the SM star as 1050 pc
Barstow Martin Adrian
Burleigh Matthew R.
Heber Uli
O'Donoghue Darragh
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