PG-1002- A BE STAR APPARENTLY AT Z-GREATER-THAN+10 KILOPARSECS(506 )

PG 1002+506 is found to be a Be star, one of three found so far by the Palomar-Green survey. Its spectrum is classified as a B5 +/- 1 Ve, wi th T-eff = 14,900 +/- 1200, log g = 4.2 +/- 0.2, and upsilon sin i = 3 40 +/- 50 km s(-1). At b = +51 degrees, its height above the Galactic plane would therefore be z = +10.8 kpc, putting this apparently young, rapidly rotating star well into the Galactic halo. Its heliocentric r adial velocity is found to be -2 +/- 15 km s(-1), consistent with eith er having been formed in the Galactic disk and subsequently ejected or having been formed in the halo.