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We present optical (6500-9200A) spectroscopy of eight cool dwarfs detected in a 231 square degree ``Mini-survey'' of the Deep NEar Infrared Survey (DENIS) data. We are able to confirm that the spectral types derived from the Mini-survey…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. G. Tinney , X. Delfosse , T. Forveille , F. Allard

We discover four high proper motion L dwarfs by comparing the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) to the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). WISE J140533.32+835030.5 is an L dwarf at the L/T transition with a proper motion of…

We report the discovery of an unusually red brown dwarf found in a search for high proper motion objects using WISE and 2MASS data. WISEP J004701.06+680352.1 is moving at 0.44$ arcsec/yr and lies relatively close to the Galactic Plane…

In our effort to complete the census of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs in the immediate Solar Neighborhood, we present spectra, photometry, proper motions, and distance estimates for forty-two low-mass star and brown dwarf candidates…

We present the discovery of 2MASS J11263991-5003550 identified as part of an ongoing survey to discover ultra-cool dwarfs in the Southern Galactic Plane, using data from the 2MASS and SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys. Strong FeH and H2O absorption…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Stuart L. Folkes , David J. Pinfield , Tim R. Kendall , Hugh R. A. Jones.

Using Virtual Observatory tools, we cross-matched the Carlsberg Meridian 14 and the 2MASS Point Source catalogs to select candidate nearby bright M dwarfs distributed over ~ 25,000 deg^2. Here, we present reconnaissance low-resolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-17 M. Aberasturi , J. A. Caballero , B. Montesinos , M. C. Gálvez-Ortiz , E. Solano , E. L. Martín

AIMS: Using Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) data and previous optical and near-infrared sky surveys, we try to identify still missing stellar and substellar neighbours of the Sun. METHODS: When checking the brightest red WISE…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Ralf-Dieter Scholz

We present the discovery of an L subdwarf in 234 square degrees common to the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) Infrared Deep Sky Survey Large Area Survey Data Release 2 and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 3. This is the fifth L…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 N. Lodieu , M. R. Zapatero Osorio , E. L. Martin , E. Solano , M. Aberaturi

We present Keck II laser guide star adaptive optics observations of the brown dwarf WISEP J061135.13-041024.0 showing it is a binary with a component separation of 0.4". This system is one of the six known resolved binaries in which the…

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

T and Y-dwarfs are among the coolest and least luminous objects detected, and they can help to understand the properties of giant planets. Their multiplicity properties can shed light on the formation process. We observed a sample six T…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 N. Huélamo , V. D. Ivanov , R. Kurtev , J. H. Girard , J. Borissova , D. Mawet , K. Muzic , C. Cáceres , C. H. F. Melo , M. F. Sterzik , D. Minniti

Extremely low mass white dwarfs are very rare objects likely formed in compact binary systems. We present MMT optical spectroscopy of 42 low mass white dwarf candidates serendipitously discovered in a survey for hypervelocity B-type stars.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Mukremin Kilic , Carlos Allende Prieto , Warren R. Brown , D. Koester

We have conducted a search for L subdwarf candidates within the photometric catalogues of the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey and Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Six of our candidates are confirmed as L subdwarfs spectroscopically at optical…

We identify 806 ultra-cool dwarfs from their SDSS riz photometry (of which 34 are newly discovered L dwarfs) and obtain proper motions through cross matching with UKIDSS and 2MASS. Proper motion and distance constraints show that nine of…

We present 0.9-2.5um spectroscopy with R~800 and 1.12-1.22um spectroscopy with R~5800 for the M dwarfs Gl 229A and LHS 102A, and for the L dwarf LHS 102B. We also report IZJHKL' photometry for both components of the LHS 102 system, and L'…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. K. Leggett , Peter H. Hauschildt , F. Allard , T. R. Geballe , E. Baron

We have carried out a search for late-type T dwarfs in the UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey 6th Data Release. The search yielded two persuasive candidates, both of which have been confirmed as T dwarfs. The brightest, UGPS J0521+3640 has been…

We have searched the WISE first data release for widely separated (<10,000AU) late T dwarf companions to Hipparcos and Gliese stars. We have discovered a new binary system containing a K-band suppressed T8p dwarf WISEP J1423+0116 and the…

We have discovered that the brown dwarf WISEJ014656.66+423410.0 is a close binary (0.0875$\pm$0.0021 arcsec, 0.93$^{+0.12}_{-0.16}$ AU) from Keck laser guide star adaptive optics imaging. Our photometry for this system reveals that both…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Trent J. Dupuy , Michael C. Liu , S. K. Leggett

We report the discovery of a peculiar L dwarf from the UKIDSS LAS, ULAS J222711-004547. The very red infrared photometry (MKO J-K = 2.79$\pm$0.06, WISE W1-W2 = 0.65$\pm$0.05) of ULAS J222711-004547 makes it one of the reddest brown dwarfs…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 F. Marocco , A. C. Day-Jones , P. W. Lucas , H. R. A. Jones , R. L. Smart , Z. H. Zhang , J. I. Gomes , B. Burningham , D. J. Pinfield , R. Raddi , L. Smith

We present SIMP J21543454-1055308, a new L4$\beta$ brown dwarf identified in the Sondage Infrarouge de Mouvement Propre (SIMP) survey that displays signs of low gravity in its near-infrared spectrum. Using the Bayesian Analysis for Nearby…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Jonathan Gagné , David Lafrenière , René Doyon , Étienne Artigau , Lison Malo , Jasmin Robert , Daniel Nadeau