We present a medium-resolution optical spectrum of the alleged high-redshift quasar Q0045-3337, taken at the ESO/3.6m telescope. Our observations show that the object is not a quasar but a star of spectral type B. We suggest that the object is either a white dwarf or a halo population Blue Horizontal Branch star.
@article{arxiv.0802.2515,
title = {Re-classification of the alleged quasar Q0045-3337},
author = {R. Decarli and R. Falomo and J. Kotilainen and M. Labita and R. Scarpa and A. Treves},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.2515},
year = {2009}
}
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Accepted for publication in the Bentham Open Astronomy Journal