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We present positions, proper motions, and near-infrared photometry for 966 known objects with spectral types later than M observed as part of the the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey (UHS). We augment the photometry and astrometry from UHS with…

We present the final results from a targeted search for brown dwarfs with unusual near-infrared colors. From a positional cross-match of SDSS, 2MASS and WISE, we have identified 144 candidate peculiar L and T dwarfs. Spectroscopy confirms…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-06 Kendra Kellogg , Stanimir Metchev , Paulo A. Miles-Páez , Megan E. Tannock

Studies of brown dwarfs as a distinct galactic population have been largely pioneered by dedicated, vast-area surveys at deep optical and near-infrared wavebands. The Two Micron All Sky Survey has, because of its full-sky coverage and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Davy Kirkpatrick

We present the discovery of a bright (J = 13.94$\pm$0.03) T dwarf, 2MASS 1503+2525, identified in a new, wide-field search for T dwarfs using the recently completed Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). The 1--2.5 $\micron$ spectrum of this…

We present the results of spectroscopic follow-up observations for a sample of 71 red objects with high proper motions in the range 0.08-1.14 arcsec/yr as detected using APM and SSS measurements of multi-epoch photographic Schmidt plates.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. Lodieu , R. -D. Scholz , M. J. McCaughrean , R. Ibata , M. Irwin , H. Zinnecker

We present first results from a targeted search for brown dwarfs with unusual red colors indicative of peculiar atmospheric characteristics. These include objects with low surface gravities or with unusual dust content or cloud properties.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-02 Kendra Kellogg , Stanimir Metchev , Kerstin Geissler , Shannon Hicks , J. Davy Kirkpatrick , Radostin Kurtev

We present the discovery of fifteen new T2.5-T7.5 dwarfs (with estimated distances between ~24-93pc, identified in the first three main data releases of the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey. This brings the total number of T dwarfs discovered…

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared photometry from DENIS. One of them has a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 B. Goldman , X. Delfosse , T. Forveille , C. Afonso et al , : , the EROS collaboration

We review the available near- and mid-infrared photometry for white dwarfs obtained from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) and by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Both data sets have recently been used to seek white dwarfs with infrared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. -E. Tremblay , P. Bergeron

Aims: Completing the poorly known substellar census of the solar neighbourhood, especially with respect to the coolest brown dwarfs, will lead to a better understanding of failed star formation processes and binary statistics with different…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 R. -D. Scholz

We present results from the BANYAN All-Sky Survey (BASS), a systematic all-sky survey for brown dwarf candidates in young moving groups. We describe a cross-match of the 2MASS and AllWISE catalogs that provides a list of 98 970 potential…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-14 Jonathan Gagné , David Lafrenière , René Doyon , Jacqueline K. Faherty , Lison Malo , Étienne Artigau

The SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys provide a complete coverage of the Southern sky in three passbands (photographic B_J, R and I) and at different epochs (Hambly et al. 2001a,b,c). These data are the basis for a new high proper motion survey which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ralf-Dieter Scholz , Helmut Meusinger

Substellar members of young ($\lesssim$150 Myr) moving groups are valuable benchmarks to empirically define brown dwarf evolution with age and to study the low-mass end of the initial mass function. We have combined Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) proper…

The evolution of brown dwarfs from L to T spectral types is one of the least understood aspects of the ultracool population, partly for lack of a large, well-defined, and well-characterized sample in the L/T transition. To improve the…

We present the discovery of three new Southern Hemisphere T dwarfs identified in the Two Micron All Sky Survey. These objects, 2MASS 0348-6022, 2MASS 0516-0445, and 2MASS 2228-4310, have classifications T7, T5.5, and T6.5, respectively.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Adam J. Burgasser , Michael W. McElwain , J. Davy Kirkpatrick

The 2MASS photometric calibration observations cover ~6 square degrees on the sky in 35 "calibration fields" each sampled in nominal photometric conditions between 562 and 3692 times during the four years of the 2MASS mission. We compile a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Peter Plavchan , M. Jura , J. Davy Kirkpatrick , Roc M. Cutri , S. C. Gallagher

In this paper, we describe how to use the Maximum Reduced Proper Motion method (Phan-Bao et al. 2003) to detect 57 nearby L and late-M dwarfs (d_phot <= 30 pc): 36 of them are newly discovered. Spectroscopic observations of 43 of the 57…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 N. Phan-Bao

We report the discovery of the wide L1.5+L4.5 binary 2MASS J15200224-4422419AB, identified during spectroscopic followup of high proper motion sources selected from the Two Micron All Sky Survey. This source was independently identified by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-19 Adam J. Burgasser , Dagny L. Looper , J. Davy Kirkpatrick , Michael C. Liu

Surveys for nearby low-luminosity dwarfs tend to avoid the crowded regions of the Galactic Plane. We have devised near-infrared colour-magnitude and colour-colour selection criteria designed to identify late-type M and early-type L dwarfs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Neill Reid

We have searched ~8200 sq. degs for high proper motion (~0.5-2.7"/year) T dwarfs by combining first-epoch data from the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) 3-Pi Survey, the 2MASS All-Sky Point Source Catalog, and the WISE Preliminary Data Release. We…