L and T dwarfs in Gaia/SIM

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Jul 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008iaus..248..429s&link_type=abstract

A Giant Step: from Milli- to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Vol

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Stars: Low-Mass, Brown Dwarfs, Stars: Distances

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We discuss the role of distances for understanding brown dwarfs and estimate the contribution expected by Gaia. We show that Gaia will only observe 25% of L and T dwarfs within 50pc which, at a conservative estimate, amounts to less than 400 objects. We discuss how Gaia results will nevertheless aid the ground-based programs providing reliable, bias free constraints for the calculation of parallaxes in an absolute system. We list the current ground-based programs underway and the possibilities for future all sky survey programs.

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