Published September 2011 | Version v1
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THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD. XXVII. DISCOVERY OF NEW PROPER MOTION STARS WITH μ ≥ 0.''18 yr-1 IN THE SOUTHERN SKY WITH 16.5 < R59F ≤ 18.0

  • 1. Georgia State University Department of Physics and Astronomy, Atlanta, GA 30302-4106 (United States)
  • 2. Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena (Chile)
  • 3. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Scotland (United Kingdom)

Description

Here we present 1584 new southern proper motion systems with μ ≥ 0.''18 yr-1 and 16.5 > R59F ≥ 18.0. This search complements the six previous SuperCOSMOS-RECONS (SCR) proper motion searches of the southern sky for stars within the same proper motion range, but with R59F ≤ 16.5. As in previous papers, we present distance estimates for these systems and find that three systems are estimated to be within 25 pc, including one, SCR 1546-5534, possibly within the RECONS 10 pc horizon at 6.7 pc, making it the second nearest discovery of the searches. We find 97 white dwarf candidates with distance estimates between 10 and 120 pc, as well as 557 cool subdwarf candidates. The subdwarfs found in this paper make up nearly half of the subdwarf systems reported from our SCR searches and are significantly redder than those discovered thus far. The SCR searches have now found 155 red dwarfs estimated to be within 25 pc, including 10 within 10 pc. In addition, 143 white dwarf candidates and 1155 cool subdwarf candidates have been discovered. The 1584 systems reported here augment the sample of 4724 systems previously discovered in our SCR searches and imply that additional systems fainter than R59F = 18.0 are yet to be discovered.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/142/3/92

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
Journal Volume
142
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
[9 p.]
ISSN
1538-3881

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43060430
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
DISTANCE; MASS; PROPER MOTION; STATISTICS; WHITE DWARF STARS
Descriptors DEC
DWARF STARS; MATHEMATICS; MOTION; STARS