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This is a list of exceptional
white dwarf stars.
Firsts
These were the first white dwarfs discovered fitting these conditions
Extremes
These are the white dwarfs which are currently known to fit these conditions
Title
Star
Date
Data
Comments
Notes
Refs
Nearest
Sirius
1852
8.6
ly (2.6
pc )
Sirius B is also the second white dwarf discovered.
[1]
[2]
Farthest
SN UDS10Wil progenitor
2013
10,000,000,000
ly
z =1.914
SN Wilson is a type-Ia
supernova whose progenitor was a white dwarf
[8]
[9]
[10]
Oldest
WD 0343+247 SDSS J110217.48+411315.4
2012
12 Gy (tied)
Youngest
SDSS J0003+0718
2011
< 13 My
provisional estimate
Highest surface temperature
RX J0439.8−6809
2015
250,000
K (250,000
°C ; 450,000
°F )
This star is located in the Milky Way's galactic halo, in the field of the Large Magellanic Cloud
[11]
[12]
Lowest surface temperature
LSPM J1403+4533
2010
2,670
K (2,400
°C ; 4,350
°F )
Quite a large margin of error (1,500 K (1,230 °C; 2,240 °F))
[13]
Most luminous
Z Andromedae B
1,500 - 9,800 L☉
[14]
Least luminous
PSR J2222-0137 B
2014
too dim to observe
Brightest apparent
Sirius
1852
8.44 (V)
Dimmest apparent
PSR J2222-0137 B
2014
too dim to observe
Most massive (contender)
RE J0317-853
1998
1.35 M☉
Most massive (contender)
ZTF J1901+1458
[15]
2020
1.35 M☉
Least massive
SDSS J091709.55+463821.8
2007
0.17 M☉
Largest
Z Andromedae B
0.265± 0.095
R ☉
Smallest
HD 49798
2021
0.0023
R ☉
[16]
Nearest
Other notable white dwarfs
References
^
a
b
c Atlas of the Universe,
"The Universe within 12.5 Light Years: The Nearest Stars" , Richard Powell , 30 July 2006 (accessed 2010-11-01)
^
a
b
c BBC News,
"Hubble finds mass of white dwarf" , Christine McGourty , 14 December 2005 (accessed 2010-11-01)
^ W. J. Luyten (September 1944). "Note on the Double White Dwarf L 462-56 = LDS 275". Astrophysical Journal . 100 : 202.
Bibcode :
1944ApJ...100..202L .
doi :
10.1086/144658 .
^
Schatzman, Évry (1958), White Dwarfs , North Holland Publishing Company, p. 2.
^ Steinn Sigurdsson; Harvey B. Richer; Brad M. Hansen; Ingrid H. Stairs; Stephen E. Thorsett (July 2003). "A Young White Dwarf Companion to Pulsar B1620-26: Evidence for Early Planet Formation". Science . 301 (5630): 193–196.
arXiv :
astro-ph/0307339 .
Bibcode :
2003Sci...301..193S .
doi :
10.1126/science.1086326 .
PMID
12855802 .
S2CID
39446560 .
^
"Looking for planets around white dwarfs" . Professor Astronomy. 20 August 2010.
^ Hambsch, Franz-Josef.
"Amateurs Help Discover Pulsing White Dwarf" . Sky and Telescope.
^ Jason Major (5 April 2013).
"Hubble Spots the Most Distant Supernova Ever" . Discovery Channel.
^
"CANDELS Finds the Most Distant Type Ia Supernova Yet Observed" . Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS). 23 April 2013.
^ David O. Jones; Steven A. Rodney; Adam G. Riess; Bahram Mobasher; Tomas Dahlen; Curtis McCully; Teddy F. Frederiksen; Stefano Casertano; Jens Hjorth; Charles R. Keeton; Anton Koekemoer; Louis-Gregory Strolger; Tommy G. Wiklind; Peter Challis; Or Graur; Brian Hayden; Brandon Patel; Benjamin J. Weiner; Alexei V. Filippenko; Peter Garnavich; Saurabh W. Jha; Robert P. Kirshner; Henry C. Ferguson; Norman A. Grogin; Dale Kocevski (2 April 2013). "The Discovery of the Most Distant Known Type Ia Supernova at Redshift 1.914". The Astrophysical Journal . 768 (2) (published May 2013): 166.
arXiv :
1304.0768 .
Bibcode :
2013ApJ...768..166J .
doi :
10.1088/0004-637X/768/2/166 .
S2CID
118890248 . 166.
^ Universitaet Tübingen (24 November 2015).
"The hottest white dwarf in the Galaxy" . Science Daily.
^ K. Werner; T. Rauch (29 September 2015). "Analysis of HST/COS spectra of the bare C–O stellar core H1504+65 and a high-velocity twin in the Galactic halo". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 584 (published December 2015): A19.
arXiv :
1509.08942 .
Bibcode :
2015A&A...584A..19W .
doi :
10.1051/0004-6361/201527261 .
S2CID
118458007 . A19.
^ Kilic, Mukremin; Leggett, S. K.; Tremblay, P. -E.; von Hippel, Ted; Bergeron, P.; Harris, Hugh C.; Munn, Jeffrey A.; Williams, Kurtis A.; Gates, Evalyn; Farihi, J. (2010-09-01).
"A Detailed Model Atmosphere Analysis of Cool White Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 190 (1): 77–99.
arXiv :
1007.2859 .
Bibcode :
2010ApJS..190...77K .
doi :
10.1088/0067-0049/190/1/77 .
hdl :
2152/43067 .
ISSN
0067-0049 .
S2CID
4571557 .
^ Sokoloski, J. L.; Kenyon, S. J.; Espey, B. R.; Keyes, Charles D.; McCandliss, S. R.; Kong, A. K. H.; Aufdenberg, J. P.; Filippenko, A. V.; Li, W.; Brocksopp, C.; Kaiser, Christian R.; Charles, P. A.; Rupen, M. P.; Stone, R. P. S. (2006-01-10). "A "Combination Nova" Outburst in Z Andromedae: Nuclear Shell Burning Triggered by a Disk Instability". The Astrophysical Journal . 636 (2): 1002–1019.
arXiv :
astro-ph/0509638 .
Bibcode :
2006ApJ...636.1002S .
doi :
10.1086/498206 .
ISSN
0004-637X .
S2CID
8941207 .
^
"A White Dwarf Living on the Edge" . California Institute of Technology . 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2023-07-20 .
^
"New X-ray observations of the hot subdwarf binary HD 49798/RX J0648.0–4418" . academic.oup.com . Retrieved 2023-01-08 .
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c
d
e
f David Taylor (2012).
"White Dwarf Stars Near The Earth" (PDF) . The Life and Death of Stars . Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - Northwestern University.
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e
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h
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"White dwarfs within 10 parsecs" . Sol Station. 2011.
^ Caiazzo, Ilaria; Burdge, Kevin B.; Tremblay, Pier-Emmanuel; Fuller, James; Ferrario, Lilia; Gänsicke, Boris T.; Hermes, J. J.; Heyl, Jeremy; Kawka, Adela; Kulkarni, S. R.; Marsh, Thomas R.; Mróz, Przemek; Prince, Thomas A.; Richer, Harvey B.; Rodriguez, Antonio C. (2023-07-19).
"A rotating white dwarf shows different compositions on its opposite faces" . Nature : 1–6.
arXiv :
2308.07430 .
doi :
10.1038/s41586-023-06171-9 .
ISSN
1476-4687 .
^
"Two-Faced Star Exposed" . California Institute of Technology . 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-31 .
See also
Formation Fate In binary systems Properties Related