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All three options remain on the table. The best way to figure it out will be to examine the chemical composition of the star in greater detail. If J1249+36 was the companion of a white dwarf, the supernova could have left trace elements that polluted the L subdwarf's atmosphere. Conversely, globular clusters contain stars that all have similar compositional properties, so it may be possible to link the star to a home population that way.

If neither of those pan out, we may need to look to Milky Way's satellites, to determine whether this tiny, dim star is a stranger from outside galaxy, just winking howdy as it passes through. Discovery was presented at 224th Meeting of American Astronomical Society.

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