Redder than Red: Discovery of an Exceptionally Red L/T Transition Dwarf

Redder than Red: Discovery of an Exceptionally Red L/T Transition Dwarf

We present the discovery of CWISE J050626.96+073842.4 (CWISE J0506+0738), an L/T transition dwarf with extremely red near-infrared colors discovered through the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project. Photometry from UKIRT and CatWISE give a ( J − K ) _MKO color of 2.97 ± 0.03 mag and a J...

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Auteurs principaux: Adam C. Schneider, Adam J. Burgasser, Justice Bruursema, Jeffrey A. Munn, Frederick J. Vrba, Dan Caselden, Martin Kabatnik, Austin Rothermich, Arttu Sainio, Thomas P. Bickle, Scott E. Dahm, Aaron M. Meisner, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Genaro Suárez, Jonathan Gagné, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Johanna M. Vos, Marc J. Kuchner, Stephen J. Williams, Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi, Christian Aganze, Chih-Chun Hsu, Christopher Theissen, Michael C. Cushing, Federico Marocco, Sarah Casewell, The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Collaboration
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Collection:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Sujets:
Brown dwarfs
L dwarfs
T dwarfs
Accès en ligne:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acb0cd

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https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acb0cd

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