NIR spectrum of the red L/T VHS J183135.58-551355.9 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Bickle T.P.
  2. Schneider A.C.
  3. Gagne J.
  4. Faherty J.K.
  5. Rothermich A.,Vos J.M.
  6. Suarez G.
  7. Kirkpatrick J.D.
  8. Meisner A.M.
  9. Kuchner M.J.,Burgasser A.J.
  10. Marocco F.
  11. Casewell S.L.
  12. Caselden D.,Bardalez Gagliuffi D.C.
  13. The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Collaboration
  14. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the discovery of VHS J183135.58-551355.9, an L/T transition dwarf identified as a result of its unusually red near-infrared colors (J-K_S_=3.633+/-0.277mag; J-W2=6.249+/-0.245mag) from the VISTA Hemisphere Survey and CatWISE2020 surveys. We obtain low-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy of VHS J1831-5513 using the Magellan Folded port InfraRed Echellette spectrograph to confirm its extremely red nature and assess features sensitive to surface gravity (i.e., youth). Its near-infrared spectrum shows multiple CH4 absorption features, indicating an exceptionally low effective temperature for its spectral type. Based on proper-motion measurements from CatWISE2020 and a photometric distance derived from its Ks-band magnitude, we find that VHS J1831-5513 is a likely (~85% probability) kinematic member of the {beta} Pictoris moving group. Future radial velocity and trigonometric parallax measurements will clarify such membership. Follow-up mid-infrared or higher-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy of this object will allow for further investigation as to the cause(s) of its redness, such as youth, clouds, and viewing geometry.

Keywords
  1. brown-dwarfs
  2. infrared-astronomy
  3. spectroscopy
  4. stellar-spectral-types
  5. stellar-distance
  6. infrared-photometry
  7. l-dwarfs
  8. proper-motions
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2024AJ....168...66B
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History

2024-11-22T07:56:11Z
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2024-11-22T07:56:11Z
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2024-11-28T16:24:11Z
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