Astrometric proof of companionship for the L dwarf companion candidate GJ 1048B

Details Astrometric proof of companionship for the L dwarf companion candidate GJ 1048B Astrometric proof of companionship for the L dwarf companion candidate GJ 1048B

2004-04-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0404252v1

Astron.Astrophys. 421 (2004) 255-257

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted to A&A 2004/03/14, 3 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20041159

Gizis et al. (2001) reported a companion candidate of spectral type L1 near the K2 dwarf GJ 1048 using the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS). At that time it was not possible to verify companionship astrometrically using the 2MASS data alone due to the small proper motion of GJ 1048. We now show that both objects share the same proper motion by using data from the UK Schmidt Telescope Near-infrared (IVN) Southern Survey as the first epoch and data from 2MASS as the second epoch. Our technique of subtracting the PSF of the primary from the SuperCOSMOS I scans of the Southern Survey enables the astrometry of the companion candidate to be measured directly.

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