A PHOTOMETRIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC SEARCH FOR LUMINOUS HIGH-LATITUDE STARS

Formulas, derived by Arellano Ferro and Mendoza in Paper I [AJ, 106, 2 516 (1993)], to calculate M(v), log g, and [Fe/H] were applied to a gr oup of 73 A, F, and G stars of high galactic latitude previously class ified as supergiant stars. The only star that showed, from data on han d, to be luminous, slightly iron deficient, and out of the galactic pl ane was BL Telescopii. The remainder of the sample either present cont roversial results or are definitively giant or dwarf stars misclassifi ed as supergiants. Thus, if luminous, young stars indeed exist out of the galactic plane, they are extremely rare.