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661. Spitzer follow up of 95 brown dwarfs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/899/123
Title:
Spitzer follow up of 95 brown dwarfs
Short Name:
J/ApJ/899/123
Date:
14 Mar 2022 07:05:10
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present Spitzer follow-up imaging of 95 candidate extremely cold brown dwarfs discovered by the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project, which uses visually perceived motion in multiepoch Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) images to identify previously unrecognized substellar neighbors to the Sun. We measure Spitzer [3.6]-[4.5] color to phototype our brown dwarf candidates, with an emphasis on pinpointing the coldest and closest Y dwarfs within our sample. The combination of WISE and Spitzer astrometry provides quantitative confirmation of the transverse motion of 75 of our discoveries. Nine of our motion-confirmed objects have best-fit linear motions larger than 1"/yr; our fastest-moving discovery is WISEAJ155349.96+693355.2 ({mu}~2.15/yr), a possible T-type subdwarf. We also report a newly discovered wide-separation (~400au) T8 comoving companion to the white dwarf LSPMJ0055+5948 (the fourth such system to be found), plus a candidate late T companion to the white dwarf LSRJ0002+6357 at 5.5 projected separation (~8700au if associated). Among our motion-confirmed targets, five have Spitzer colors most consistent with spectral type Y. Four of these five have exceptionally red Spitzer colors suggesting types of Y1 or later, adding considerably to the small sample of known objects in this especially valuable low-temperature regime. Our Y dwarf candidates begin bridging the gap between the bulk of the Y dwarf population and the coldest known brown dwarf.
662. Spitzer observations of Y and T dwarfs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/867/109
Title:
Spitzer observations of Y and T dwarfs
Short Name:
J/ApJ/867/109
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Y dwarfs provide a unique opportunity to study free-floating objects with masses <30M_Jup_ and atmospheric temperatures approaching those of known Jupiter-like exoplanets. Obtaining distances to these objects is an essential step toward characterizing their absolute physical properties. Using Spitzer's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) [4.5] images taken over baselines of ~2-7yrs, we measure astrometric distances for 22 late-T and early Y dwarfs, including updated parallaxes for 18 objects and new parallax measurements for 4 objects. These parallaxes will make it possible to explore the physical parameter space occupied by the coldest brown dwarfs. We also present the discovery of six new late-T dwarfs, updated spectra of two T dwarfs, and the reclassification of a new Y dwarf, WISE J033605.04-014351.0, based on Keck/NIRSPEC J-band spectroscopy. Assuming that effective temperatures are inversely proportional to absolute magnitude, we examine trends in the evolution of the spectral energy distributions of brown dwarfs with decreasing effective temperature. Surprisingly, the Y dwarf class encompasses a large range in absolute magnitude in the near- to mid-infrared photometric bandpasses, demonstrating a larger range of effective temperatures than previously assumed. This sample will be ideal for obtaining mid-infrared spectra with the James Webb Space Telescope because their known distances will make it easier to measure absolute physical properties.
663. SPM Catalog 2.0
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/277
Title:
SPM Catalog 2.0
Short Name:
I/277
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The SPM Catalog 2.0 provides positions, absolute proper motions and photographic BV photometry for over 320,000 stars and galaxies. The Catalog covers an area of ~3700 square degrees in an irregularly bounded band between declinations of -43 and -22 degrees, with a slight extension near the South Galactic Pole, but excluding fields in the plane of the Milky Way. Stars cover the magnitude range 5<V<18.5. The standard errors for the best measured stars are as follows: 20 mas for positions in each coordinate; 2mas/yr for absolute proper motions and 0.05mag for B and V magnitudes. Standard error estimates of positions, absolute proper motions and magnitudes are given for each individual object. In addition to the Catalog, a list of CCD calibrating sequences is provided. Note that all fields (and objects) contained in the 1.0 version of the Catalog are also included in this version. The values of the astrometric parameters for these objects, however, may be different due to refinements in the reduction procedure, (i.e. the SGP fields were re-reduced for inclusion in the SPM catalog 2.0).
664. SPM 4.0 Catalog
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/320
Title:
SPM 4.0 Catalog
Short Name:
I/320
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The SPM4 Catalog contains absolute proper motions, celestial coordinates, and B,V photometry for 103,319,647 stars and galaxies between the south celestial pole and -20 degrees declination. The catalog is roughly complete to V=17.5. It is based on photographic and CCD observations taken with the Yale Southern Observatory's double-astrograph at Cesco Observatory in El Leoncito, Argentina. The first-epoch survey, taken from 1965 to 1979, was entirely photographic. The second-epoch survey is approximately 1/3 photographic (taken from 1988 to 1998) and 2/3 CCD-based (taken from 2004 through 2008). Full details about the creation of the SPM4.0 catalog can be found in the paper, and also in the document "spm4_doc.txt" file which describes the original files, accessible from http://www.astro.yale.edu/astrom/spm4cat/
665. Star beyond the NLTT catalog
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/133/2825
Title:
Star beyond the NLTT catalog
Short Name:
J/AJ/133/2825
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have combined near-infrared data from the Two Micron All Sky Survey with ancillary optical data to identify previously unrecognized proper-motion stars that have colors and magnitudes consistent with nearby M dwarfs. We present follow-up observations of 392 stars from that sample, including ~200 stars discussed here for the first time. Our distance estimates, based primarily on spectroscopic parallaxes, place 123 stars within 20pc of the Sun. One hundred and seventy-six stars exhibit H{alpha} emission, and 82 stars have plausible X-ray counterparts from ROSAT observations.
666. Star kinematics catalog in 19 Kapteyn's areas
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PAZh/23/931
Title:
Star kinematics catalog in 19 Kapteyn's areas
Short Name:
J/PAZh/23/931
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
1214 individual measurements of radial velocities made with CORAVEL-type spectrometer (Tokovinin, 1987AZh....64..196T) are presented for 1134 stars in 19 northern Kapteyn's areas. Precise coordinates are given for all these stars. Proper motions of stars are taken from NLTT (Luyten, 1979, Cat. <I/98>), PPM (Roser, Bastian, 1991, Cat. <I/146> and <I/193>), NPM1 (Klemola, Hanson, Jones, 1987, Cat. <I/200>) and Four-million catalog (Kuimov, 1992, In: On the four-million catalog of stars, eds. Izd. MGU, Moscow, P.27.; Glushkova et al., 1996PAZh...22..850G). A list of suspected binary stars and stars with variable radial velocities is also given. Two-dimensional spectral classification for these area is available (Bartaya, 1979AbaOB..51....1B).
667. Star motions in the nuclear cluster of the MW
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/821/44
Title:
Star motions in the nuclear cluster of the MW
Short Name:
J/ApJ/821/44
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We obtain the basic properties of the nuclear cluster of the Milky Way. First, we investigate the structural properties by constructing a stellar density map of the central 1000" using extinction-corrected old star counts from VISTA, WFC3/IR, and VLT/NACO data. We describe the data using two components. The inner, slightly flattened (axis ratio of q=0.80+/-0.04) component is the nuclear cluster, while the outer component corresponds to the stellar component of the circumnuclear zone. For the nuclear cluster, we measure a half-light radius of 178+/-51"~7+/-2pc and a luminosity of M_Ks_=-16.0+/-0.5. Second, we measure detailed dynamics out to 4pc. We obtain 10351 proper motions from AO data, and 2513 radial velocities from VLT/SINFONI data. We determine the cluster mass by means of isotropic spherical Jeans modeling. We fix the distance to the Galactic Center and the mass of the supermassive black hole. We model the cluster either with a constant M/L or with a power law. For the latter case, we obtain a slope of 1.18+/-0.06. We get a cluster mass within 100" of M_100"_=(6.09+/-0.53|_fixR_0_+/-0.97|_R_0_)x10^6^M_{sun}_ for both modeling approaches. A model which includes the observed flattening gives a 47% larger mass (see Chatzopoulos et al. 2015MNRAS.447..948C). Our results slightly favor a core over a cusp in the mass profile. By minimizing the number of unbound stars within 8", we obtain a distance of R_0_=8.53_-0.15_^+0.21^kpc when using an R0 supermassive black hole mass relation from stellar orbits. Combining our results, we obtain M/L=0.51+/-0.12M_{sun}/L_{sun},Ks_, which is roughly consistent with a Chabrier IMF.
668. Stars in Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/110/2747
Title:
Stars in Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy
Short Name:
J/AJ/110/2747
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Using 26 plates taken over the course of more than half a century, we present proper motions and photometry for 1177 stars in the central region of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy, down to a limiting magnitude of V~20.25 at the level of the horizontal branch. The proper-motion cleaned color-magnitude diagram retained a broad giant branch, further supporting an intrinsic spread in metallicity. We determined an absolute proper motion for Sculptor, relative to background galaxies, of mu_alpha=+0.036+/-0.022arcsec/century and mu_delta=0.043+/-0.025arcsec/century after correcting for the LSR and peculiar solar motions. Our proper-motion uncertainty is similar to or smaller than those obtained by different groups for other distant satellites of the Galaxy. When combined with Sculptor's distance and radial velocity, this measurement shows the dwarf spheroidal to have a space velocity of roughly 220+/-125km/s. Although our measurement is less than twice its uncertainty, the direction of Sculptor's motion is significant because it rules out motion along the Magellanic Stream. A 2.5 sigma error allows for motion in a direction toward the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy, so Sculptor remains a possible member of the proposed Fornax-Leo-Sculptor stream.
669. Stars in the Sagittarius Rift
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/2701
Title:
Stars in the Sagittarius Rift
Short Name:
J/AJ/130/2701
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A magnitude-limited photographic survey of relative proper-motion components and B, V photometry of 1.3x10^6^ stars brighter than apparent B magnitude 14.5+/-0.5 in the fourth Galactic quadrant is converted into a distance-limited survey of 3.26x10^5^ stars up to a distance of 500pc. A streaming motion of 13.5+/-0.5 km/s is detected in 4.1x10^4^ Population I stellar candidates with an orbital perigalactic center located at 6.8<=R<=7.2kpc, with a Sun location Rsol=8.5 kpc. A density perturbation of about 0.1M{sun}/pc^3^ in the Galactic field potential at Ro~6.8kpc is interpreted as resulting from the density wave connected with the Sagittarius-Carina spiral arm. A set of 1.4x10^4^ stars of mass about 1.5+/-0.75 M{sun} identify a pitch angle of 10+/-1{deg} and a migration time from the Sagittarius spiral arm into the greater solar neighborhood of about 35Myr.
670. Stars within 8 pc of the Sun
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/121/2189
Title:
Stars within 8 pc of the Sun
Short Name:
J/AJ/121/2189
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the technique and results of a survey of stars within 8pc of the Sun with declinations {delta}>-35{deg} (J2000.00). The survey, designed to find without color bias faint companions, consists of optical coronagraphic images of the 1 field of view centered on each star and infrared direct images with a 32" field of view. The images were obtained through the optical Gunn r and z filters and the infrared J and K filters. The survey achieves sensitivities up to 4 absolute magnitudes fainter than the prototype brown dwarf, Gliese 229B. However, this sensitivity varies with the seeing conditions, the intrinsic brightness of the star observed, and the angular distance from the star. As a result, we tabulate sensitivity limits for each star in the survey. We used the criterion of common proper motion to distinguish companions and to determine their luminosities. In addition to the brown dwarf Gl 229B, we have identified six new stellar companions of the sample stars. Since the survey began, accurate trigonometric parallax measurements for most of the stars have become available. As a result, some of the stars we originally included should no longer be included in the 8pc sample. In addition, the 8pc sample is incomplete at the faint end of the main sequence, complicating our calculation of the binary fraction of brown dwarfs. We assess the sensitivity of the survey to stellar companions and to brown dwarf companions of different masses and ages.