Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-06-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
13 pages, four figures. Accepted for publication in AJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/301061
We have photometrically monitored (Cousins Ic) eight low mass stars and brown dwarfs which are probable members of the Pleiades. We derived rotation periods for two of the stars - HHJ409 and CFHT-PL8 - to be 0.258 d and 0.401 d, respectively. The masses of these stars are near 0.4 and 0.08 Msun, respectively; the latter is the second such object near the hydrogen-burning boundary for which a rotation period has been measured. We also observed HHJ409 in V; the relative amplitude in the two bands shows that the spots in that star are about 200 K cooler than the stellar effective temperature of 3560 K and have a filling factor on the order of 13%. With one possible exception, the remaining stars in the sample do not show photometric variations larger than the mean error of measurement. We also examined the M9.5V disk star 2MASSJ0149, which had previously exhibited a strong flare event, but did not detect any photometric variation.
Krishnamurthi Anita
Pinsonneault Marc H.
Stauffer John R.
Terndrup Donald M.
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