Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-11-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Letter 4 pages 1 figure. accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:200811281
We measured absolute trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions with respect to many background galaxies for a sample of ten ultracool subdwarfs. The observations were taken in the H-band with the OMEGA2000 camera at the 3.5m-telescope on Calar Alto, Spain during a time period of 3.5 years. For the first time, the reduction of the astrometric measurements was carried out directly with respect to background galaxies. We obtained absolute parallaxes with mean errors ranging between 1 and 3 mas. With six completely new parallaxes we more than doubled the number of benchmark ultracool (>sdM7) subdwarfs. Six stars in the M_{K_s} vs. J-K_s diagram fit perfectly to model subdwarf sequences from M7 to L4 with [M/H] between -1.0 and -1.5, whereas 4 are consistent with a moderately low metallicity ([M/H]=-0.5) from M7 to T6. All but one of our objects have large tangential velocities between 200 and 320 km/s typical of the Galactic halo population. Our results are in good agreement with recent independent measurements for three of our targets and confirm the previously measured parallax and absolute magnitude M_{K_s} of the nearest and coolest (T-type) subdwarf 2MASS 0937+29 with higher accuracy. For all targets, we also obtained infrared J,H,K_s photometry at a level of a few milli-magnitudes relative to 2MASS standards.
Roeser Siegfried
Schilbach Elena
Scholz Ralf-Dieter
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