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The Halo Black Hole X‐Ray Transient XTE J1118+480

The Halo Black Hole X‐Ray Transient XTE J1118+480

Optical spectra were obtained of the optical counterpart of the high latitude soft X-ray transient XTE J1118+480 near its quiescent state with the new 6.5 m MMT and the 4.2 m WHT. The spectrum exhibits broad, double-peaked, emission lines of hydrogen from an accretion disk superposed with absorption lines of …