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The AllWISE processing pipeline has measured motions for all objects detected on WISE images taken between 2010 January and 2011 February. In this paper, we discuss new capabilities made to the software pipeline in order to make motion…

The aim of the project is to find the stars nearest to the Sun and to contribute to the completion of the stellar and substellar census of the solar neighbourhood. We identified a new late-M dwarf within 5 pc, looking for high proper motion…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-13 A. Perez-Garrido , N. Lodieu , V. J. S. Bejar , M. T. Ruiz , B. Gauza , R. Rebolo , M. R. Zapatero Osorio

We have revised our analysis of the SPIRE observations of 2MASSW J1207334-393254 (2M1207). Recent PACS observations show a bright source located ~25" east of 2M1207. There are issues in terms of the detection/non-detection of the bright…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 B. Riaz , G. Lodato , D. Stamatellos , J. E. Gizis

Brown dwarfs lack nuclear fusion and cool with time; the coldest known have an effective temperature below 500 K, and are known as Y dwarfs. We present a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) photometric dataset of Y dwarfs: twenty-three were…

We have carried out $JHK_s$ imaging of 12 white dwarf debris disk candidates from the WIRED SDSS DR7 catalog, aiming to confirm or rule out disks among these sources. On the basis of positional identification and the flux density spectra,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Zhongxiang Wang , Anestis Tziamtzis , Xuebing Wang

We report the discovery of four field methane (T-type) brown dwarfs using 2MASS survey data. One additional methane dwarf, previously discovered by SDSS, was also identified. Near-infrared spectra clearly show the 1.6 and 2.2 um CH4…

We report the discovery of a detached 20 min orbital period binary white dwarf. WD0931+444 (SDSS J093506.93+441106.9) was previously classified as a WD + M dwarf system based on its optical spectrum. Our time-resolved optical spectroscopy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Mukremin Kilic , Warren R. Brown , A. Gianninas , J. J. Hermes , Carlos Allende Prieto , S. J. Kenyon

We present VLT/NACO SDI images of the very nearby star SCR 1845-6357 (hereafter SCR 1845). SCR 1845 is a recently discovered (Hambly et al. 2004) M8.5 star just 3.85 pc from the sun (Henry et al. 2006). Using the capabilities of the unique…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. A. Biller , M. Kasper , L. M. Close , W. Brandner , S. Kellner

We present the identification of WISE~J135501.90$-$825838.9 as a spectral binary system with a slight possibility of planetary-mass components in the $130-200$\,Myr AB~Doradus moving group. Peculiarities in the near-infrared spectrum of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-28 Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi , Jonathan Gagne , Jacqueline Faherty , Adam Burgasser

Circumstellar debris disks are important because of their connection to planetary systems. An efficient way to identify these systems is through their infrared excess. Most studies so far concentrated on early-type or solar-type stars, but…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Henning Avenhaus , Hans Martin Schmid , Michael R. Meyer

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field source JD2 presented in Mobasher et al. (2005) is an unusual galaxy that is very faint at all wavelengths shortward of 1.1 micron. Photometric redshift fits to data at 0.4 to 8 microns yield a significant…

We present first results from a major program of methane filter photometry for low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. The definition of a new methane filter photometric system is described. A recipe is provided for the differential calibration of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 C. G. Tinney , Adam J. Burgasser , J. Davy Kirkpatrick , Michael W. McElwain

We present a comprehensive X-ray analysis and spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting of WISEA J171419.96+602724.6, an extremely luminous type 2 quasar at $z$ = 2.99. The source was suggested as a candidate Compton-thick (column density…

We report the discovery of twenty-one hitherto unknown bright southern ultracool dwarfs with spectral types in the range M7 to L5.5, together with new observations of a further three late M dwarfs previously confirmed. Three more objects…

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 new near-infrared spectra, obtained at Gemini Observatory, for two Y dwarfs: WISE J035000.32-565830.2 (W0350) and WISEP J173835.52+273258.9 (W1738). A FLAMINGOS-2 R=540 spectrum was obtained for W0350, covering 1.0 < lambda um <…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 S. K. Leggett , P. Tremblin , D. Saumon , M. S. Marley , Caroline V. Morley , D. S. Amundsen , I. Baraffe , G. Chabrier

We present 4.5$\mu$m and 8$\mu$m photometric observations of 18 cool white dwarfs obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope. Our observations demonstrate that four white dwarfs with T_eff< 6000 K show slightly depressed mid-infrared fluxes…