Three newly-discovered M-dwarf companions of Solar Neighbourhood stars

Details Three newly-discovered M-dwarf companions of Solar Neighbourhood stars Three newly-discovered M-dwarf companions of Solar Neighbourhood stars

2001-04-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0104108v3

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in PASP; 21 pages, 6 figures

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We present low-resolution spectroscopy of newly-discovered candidate companions to three stars in the Solar Neighbourhood. All three companions are M dwarfs, with spectral types ranging from M4 to M9.5. In two cases, G85-55`B' (M6) and G87-9`B' (M4), we have circumstantial evidence from spectroscopy, photometry and limited astrometry that the systems are physical binaries; in the third, G216-7B (M9.5), comparison of POSS II IIIaF plate material and the 2MASS image indicates common proper motion. The primary star in this system, G216-7A (M0), appears itself to be an unresolved, nearly equal-mass binary. All three low-mass companions are highly likely to be stellar in nature, although G216-7B lies very close to the hydrogen-burning limit.

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