| Issue |
A&A
Volume 380, Number 1, December II 2001
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | L9 - L12 | |
| Section | Letters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011511 | |
| Published online | 15 December 2001 | |
First spectroscopically confirmed discovery of an extragalactic T Tauri star *
1
Hamburger Sternwarte, Gojenbergsweg 112, 21029 Hamburg, Germany
2
Landessternwarte Königstuhl, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Corresponding author: R. Wichmann, rwichmann@hs.uni-hamburg.de
Received:
24
September
2001
Accepted:
14
October
2001
We report the first spectroscopic discovery of an extragalactic bona-fide T Tauri star. The object, LTS J054427-692659, is a low-mass, late-type star located within the LMC dark cloud Hodge II 139. It shows Hα emission with an equivalent width of 78 Å, in line with galactic T Tauri stars, but in excess of any main-sequence dwarf star. The only known plausible interpretation of LTS J054427-692659 is a LMC T Tauri star.
Key words: stars: pre-main sequence / stars: late-type / Magellanic Clouds
© ESO, 2001
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