Discovery of an M8.5 Dwarf With Proper Motion mu=2.38 arcsec/yr

Details Discovery of an M8.5 Dwarf With Proper Motion mu=2.38 arcsec/yr Discovery of an M8.5 Dwarf With Proper Motion mu=2.38 arcsec/yr

2002-11-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0211146v1

Astrophys.J. 581 (2002) L47-L50

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, including 1 table and 3 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/345943

We report the discovery of LSR1826+3014, a very faint (V=19.36) star with a very large proper motion (mu=2.38 arcsec/yr). A low resolution red spectrum reveals that LSR1826+3014 is an ultra-cool red dwarf with spectral type M8.5 V and with a radial velocity v_rad=+77+/-10 km/s. LSR1826+3014 is thus the faintest red dwarf ever discovered with a proper motion larger than 2 arcsec/yr. Optical and infrared photometry suggest that the star is at a distance d=13.9+/-3.5 pc from the Sun, which implies it is moving relative to the local standard of rest with a total velocity of 175+/-25 km/s. Numerical integration of its orbit suggests that LSR1826+3014 is on a halo-like galactic orbit.

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