Multiple M dwarf stars with Robo-AO and Gaia DR2 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Lamman C.
  2. Baranec C.
  3. Berta-Thompson Z.K.
  4. Law N.M.
  5. Schonhut-Stasik J.,Ziegler C.
  6. Salama M.
  7. Jensen-Clem R.
  8. Duev D.A.
  9. Riddle R.
  10. Kulkarni S.R.,Winters J.G.
  11. Irwin J.M.
  12. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We analyze observations from Autonomous laser-adaptive-optics for few-meter-class telescopes (Robo-AO)'s field M dwarf survey taken on the 2.1m Kitt Peak telescope and perform a multiplicity comparison with Gaia DR2. Through its laser-guided, automated system, the Robo-AO instrument has yielded the largest adaptive optics M dwarf multiplicity survey to date. After developing an interface to visually identify and locate stellar companions, we selected 11 low-significance Robo-AO detections for follow-up on the Keck II telescope using NIRC2. In the Robo-AO survey we find 553 candidate companions within 4" around 534 stars out of 5566 unique targets, most of which are new discoveries. Using a position cross-match with DR2 on all targets, we assess the binary recoverability of Gaia DR2 and compare the properties of multiples resolved by both Robo-AO and Gaia. The catalog of nearby M dwarf systems and their basic properties presented here can assist other surveys which observe these stars, such as the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.

Keywords
  1. dwarf-stars
  2. m-stars
  3. multiple-stars
  4. infrared-sources
  5. visible-astronomy
  6. astronomical-object-identification
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2020AJ....159..139L
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51590139

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2020-05-20T09:47:09Z
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2020-05-20T09:47:09Z
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2020-10-01T13:43:58Z
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