NPARSEC: NTT Parallaxes of Southern Extremely Cool objects. Goals, targets, procedures and first results

R.L. Smart; C.G. Tinney; B. Bucciarelli; F. Marocco; U. Abbas; A. Andrei; G. Bernardi; B. Burningham; C. Cardoso; E. Costa; M.T. Crosta; M. Dapra; A. Day-Jones; B. Goldman; H.R.A. Jones; M.G. Lattanzi; S.K. Leggett; P.W. Lucas; R. Mendez; J.L. Penna; D.J. Pinfield; Leigh Smith; A. Sozzetti; A. Vecchiato

doi:10.1093/mnras/stt876

NPARSEC: NTT Parallaxes of Southern Extremely Cool objects. Goals, targets, procedures and first results

R.L. Smart
, C.G. Tinney
, B. Bucciarelli
, F. Marocco
, U. Abbas
, A. Andrei
, G. Bernardi
, B. Burningham
, C. Cardoso
, E. Costa
, M.T. Crosta
, M. Dapra
, A. Day-Jones
, B. Goldman
, H.R.A. Jones
, M.G. Lattanzi
, S.K. Leggett
, P.W. Lucas
, R. Mendez
, J.L. Penna

D.J. Pinfield, Leigh Smith, A. Sozzetti, A. Vecchiato

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Abstract

The discovery and subsequent detailed study of T dwarfs have provided many surprises and pushed the physics and modelling of cool atmospheres in unpredicted directions. Distance is a critical parameter for studies of these objects to determine intrinsic luminosities, test binarity and measure their motion in the Galaxy. We describe a new observational programme to determine distances across the full range of T-dwarf subtypes using the New Technology Telescope (NTT)/SOFI telescope/instrument combination. We present preliminary results for ten objects, five of which represent new distances.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2054-2063
Number of pages	10
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)
Volume	433
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt876
Publication status	Published - Aug 2013

Keywords

methods: data analysis
astrometry
parallaxes
proper motions
brown dwarfs
T-DWARF SEARCH
ALL-SKY SURVEY
ULTRACOOL BROWN DWARFS
LARGE-AREA SURVEY
L/T TRANSITION
SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATION
PROPER MOTIONS
2MASS
DISCOVERY
BINARY

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Smart, R. L., Tinney, C. G., Bucciarelli, B., Marocco, F., Abbas, U., Andrei, A., Bernardi, G., Burningham, B., Cardoso, C., Costa, E., Crosta, M. T., Dapra, M., Day-Jones, A., Goldman, B., Jones, H. R. A., Lattanzi, M. G., Leggett, S. K., Lucas, P. W., Mendez, R., ... Vecchiato, A. (2013). NPARSEC: NTT Parallaxes of Southern Extremely Cool objects. Goals, targets, procedures and first results. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), 433(3), 2054-2063. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt876

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NPARSEC: NTT Parallaxes of Southern Extremely Cool objects. Goals, targets, procedures and first results

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