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We report the discovery of a nearby M dwarf star, found accidentally while observing the old nova DN Gem at the Wise Observatory. The star is designated 1200-05296925 in the PMM USNO-A1.0 catalogue and its coordinates, calculated for 1997…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ohad Shemmer , Shai Kaspi

We present results of observations in the optical to mid-infrared wavelengths of the X-ray source CXO J172337.5-373442, which was serendipitously discovered in the Chandra images and was found to have a fully resolved X-ray jet. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Bhaswati Mookerjea , Pietro Parisi , Sudip Bhattacharyya , Nicola Masetti , Thomas Kruehler , Jochen Greiner

The aim of this work is to characterize the counterpart to the INTEGRAL High Mass X-ray Binary candidate IGR J19294+1816 so as to establish its true nature. We obtained H band spectra of the selected counterpart acquired with the NICS…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-28 J. J. Rodes-Roca , G. Bernabeu , A. Magazzù , J. M. Torrejón , E. Solano

We report on near-infrared J- and H-band linear polarimetric photometry of eight ultracool dwarfs (two late-M, five L0-L7.5, and one T2.5) with known evidence for photometric variability due to dust clouds, anomalous red infrared colors, or…

Observations of five Y dwarfs with three optical and near-infrared instruments at the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias are reported. Deep images of the five targets and a low-resolution far-red optical spectrum for one of the targets were…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-20 Eduardo L. Martín , Jerry J. -Y. Zhang , Honorio Lanchas , Nicolas Lodieu , Tarik Shahbaz , Yakiv V. Pavlenko

Mapping out the populations of thick disk and halo brown dwarfs is important for understanding the metallicity dependence of low-temperature atmospheres and the substellar mass function. Recently, a new population of cold and metal-poor…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 A. M. Meisner , S. K. Leggett , S. E. Logsdon , A. C. Schneider , P. Tremblin , M. Phillips

We present the discovery of a bright (J = 13.1 mag) nearby L6 dwarf found in a search for L-type ultracool subdwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7. SDSS J141624.08+134826.7 exhibits blue near-infrared colors compared…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Brendan P. Bowler , Michael C. Liu , Trent J. Dupuy

In the second paper of this series we perfected our method of linking high precision Hubble Space Telescope astrometry to the high-accuracy Gaia DR2 absolute reference system to overcome the limitations of relative astrometry with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 L. R. Bedin , C. Fontanive

We present a deep near-infrared image of the newly discovered brown dwarf WISE J085510.83-071442.5 (W0855) using the FourStar imager at Las Campanas Observatory. Our detection of J3=24.8+0.33 -0.53 (J_MKO=25.0+0.33-0.53) at 2.6sigma -- or…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Jacqueline K. Faherty , C. G. Tinney , Andrew Skemer , Andrew J. Monson

Evidence is presented that 2MASS J03202839-0446358, a late-type dwarf with discrepant optical (M8:) and near-infrared (L1) spectral types, is an as-yet unresolved stellar/brown dwarf binary with late-type M dwarf and T dwarf components.…

We report preliminary results of a deep near-infrared search for methane-absorbing brown dwarfs; almost five years after the discovery of Gl 229b, there are only a few confirmed examples of this type of object. New J band, wide-field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. M. Herbst , D. Thompson , R. Fockenbrock , H. -W. Rix , S. V. W. Beckwith

We have determined astrometric positions for 15 WISE-discovered late-type brown dwarfs (6 T8-9 and 9 Y dwarfs) using the Keck II telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Hubble Space Telescope. Combining data from 8 to 20 epochs we…

We present the first near infra-red spectrum of the faint white dwarf companion HD 114174 B, obtained with Project 1640. Our spectrum, covering the Y, J and H bands, combined with previous TRENDS photometry measurements, allows us to place…

We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) near-infrared photometry of the coldest known brown dwarf, WISE J085510.83$-$071442.5 (WISE 0855$-$0714). WISE 0855$-$0714 was observed with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard HST using the F105W,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 Adam C. Schneider , Michael C. Cushing , J. Davy Kirkpatrick , Christopher R. Gelino

(Abridged) We aim at measuring the near-infrared photometry, and deriving the mass, age, temperature, and surface gravity of WISE J085510.74-071442.5 (J0855-0714), which is the coolest known object beyond the Solar System as of today. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 M. R. Zapatero Osorio , N. Lodieu , V. J. S. Béjar , E. L. Martín , V. D. Ivanov , A. Bayo , H. M. J. Boffin , K. Mužić , D. Minniti , J. C. Beamín

We report a new changing-look quasar, WISE~J105203.55+151929.5 at $z=0.303$, found by identifying highly mid-IR variable quasars in the WISE/NEOWISE data stream. Compared to multi-epoch mid-IR photometry of a large sample of SDSS-confirmed…

We report the discovery of LSR0602+3910, an L dwarf of class L1. The object was initially identified by Lepine et al. (2002) as a new high proper motion star lying close to the Galactic plane. Its 2MASS J-K_s=1.43 is consistent with an L…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Samir Salim , Sebastien Lepine , R. Michael Rich , Michael M. Shara

Because WISE J085510.83$-$071442.5 (hereafter WISE 0855-0714) is the coldest known brown dwarf ($\sim250$ K) and one of the Sun's closest neighbors (2.2 pc), it offers a unique opportunity for studying a planet-like atmosphere in an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 Taran Esplin , Kevin Luhman , Michael Cushing , Kevin Hardegree-Ullman , Jessica Trucks , Adam Burgasser , Adam Schneider

Using two epochs of 4.5um images from the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on board the Spitzer Space Telescope, we recently identified a common proper motion companion to the white dwarf WD 0806-661 that is a candidate for the coldest known…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 K. L. Luhman , A. J. Burgasser , I. Labbe , D. Saumon , M. S. Marley , J. J. Bochanski , A. J. Monson , S. E. Persson

We present the first JWST spectral energy distribution of a Y dwarf. This spectral energy distribution of the Y0 dwarf WISE J035934.06$-$540154.6 consists of low-resolution ($\lambda$/$\Delta\lambda$ $\sim$ 100) spectroscopy from 1$-$12…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-18 Samuel Beiler , Michael Cushing , Davy Kirkpatrick , Adam Schneider , Sagnick Mukherjee , Mark Marley