Discovery of a nearby M9 dwarf

Phan-Bao, N.; Bessell, M. S.; Martín, E. L.; Simon, G.; Guibert, J.; Forveille, T.; Delfosse, X.; Crifo, F.; Epchtein, N.; Wood, P.; Tajahmady, F.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 366, Issue 1, pp. L40-L43.

Fecha de publicación:
2
2006
Número de autores
11
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
17
Número de citas referidas
16
Descripción
We report the discovery of a new M9.0 dwarf at only 8.2 pc, which we identified in our search for nearby ultracool dwarf (I-J>= 3.0, later than M8.0) in the DENIS data base. We measure a very high proper motion of 2.5arcsecyr-1. The PC3 index measured from its low-resolution spectrum gives a spectrophotometric distance of 8.2 pc. This makes it the third closest M9.0 dwarf.