Cool dwarfs in wide multiple systems. Paper 6: A curious quintuple system of a compact Sun-like triple and a close pair of an M dwarf and a very cool white dwarf at a wide separation

TL;DR

This paper analyzes a unique quintuple system consisting of a Sun-like triple star and a wide pair of an M dwarf and a very cool white dwarf, providing detailed astrometric and photometric data.

Contribution

It offers the first detailed analysis of the faintest component, a very cool white dwarf, in a complex multiple star system using Gaia data.

Findings

The white dwarf has an effective temperature of about 5500 K.

The system is an old, nearby quintuple in the Galactic disc.

First comprehensive astrometric and photometric analysis of this system.

Abstract

The system WDS 16329+0315 is an old, nearby quintuple physical system in the thick Galactic disc formed by a close-resolved, triple primary of solar metallicity, namely HD 149162, and a very wide, common proper motion, secondary pair, formed by the mid-M dwarf G-17-23 and the white dwarf LSPM J1633+0311S. We present an exhaustive astrometric and photometric data compilation of the system, including Gaia DR2 parallaxes and proper motions, and the first analysis of the nature of the faintest component. LSPM J1633+0311S (HD 149162 C) is a very cool white dwarf with an effective temperature of only about 5500 K, near the coolest end of the grid of theoretical models.