Direct-imaging Discovery of a Substellar Companion Orbiting the Accelerating Variable Star HIP 39017

We present the direct-imaging discovery of a substellar companion (a massive planet or low-mass brown dwarf) to the young, γ Doradus ( γ Dor)-type variable star HIP 39017 (HD 65526). The companion’s SCExAO/CHARIS JHK (1.1–2.4 μ m) spectrum and Keck/NIRC2 $L^{\prime} $ photometry indicate that it is...

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Main Authors: Taylor L. Tobin, Thayne Currie, Yiting Li, Jeffrey Chilcote, Timothy D. Brandt, Brianna Lacy, Masayuki Kuzuhara, Maria Vincent, Mona El Morsy, Vincent Deo, Jonathan P. Williams, Olivier Guyon, Julien Lozi, Sebastien Vievard, Nour Skaf, Kyohoon Ahn, Tyler Groff, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Taichi Uyama, Motohide Tamura, Aidan Gibbs, Briley L. Lewis, Rachel Bowens-Rubin, Maïssa Salama, Qier An, Minghan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astronomical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad3077