Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-12-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To appear in the Astronomical Journal. Version 2 includes some editing, corrected typos, and revised references
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-6256/137/3/3632
We describe a procedure to identify stars from nearby moving groups and associations out of catalogs of stars with large proper motions. We show that from the mean motion vector of a known or suspected moving group, one can identify additional members of the group based on proper motion data and photometry in the optical and infrared, with minimal contamination from background field stars. We demonstrate this technique by conducting a search for low-mass members of the Beta Pictoris Moving Group in the Tycho-2 catalog. All known members of the moving group are easily recovered, and a list of 51 possible candidates is generated. Moving group membership is evaluated for 33 candidates based on X-ray flux from ROSAT, Halpha line emission, and radial velocity measurement from high-resolution infrared spectra obtained at Infrared Telescope Facility. We confirm three of the candidates to be new members of the group: TYC 1186-706-1, TYC 7443-1102-1, and TYC 2211-1309-1 which are late-K and early-M dwarfs 45-60pc from the Sun. We also identify a common proper motion companion to the known Beta Pictoris Moving Group member TYC 7443-1102-1, at a 26".3 separation; the new companion is associated with the X-ray source 1RXS J195602.8-320720. We argue that the present technique could be applied to other large proper motion catalogs to identify most of the elusive, low-mass members of known nearby moving groups and associations.
Lepine Sebastien
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