Spectroscopy of white dwarf candidates from the ESO Imaging Survey (EIS-WIDE)

In the ESO Imaging Survey of a 1.27 square degree field in the direction of the south galactic pole ("patch B") 32 point sources were identified as wh ite dwarf candidates in the B - V vs. V - I two-color diagram by the EIS te am and published as a candidate catalog. One of these was a previously know n quasar. We have obtained low resolution spectra of 30 of the remaining so urces. Of these only 6 are DA white dwarfs, one is a DQ white dwarf, one a DC. 11 candidates are quasars with redshifts between 1.4 and 3.3. The remai ning sources are stars with narrow Balmer lines, in most cases probably fie ld horizontal branch stars.