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Schneider, Adam C. and Munn, Jeffrey A. and Vrba, Frederick J. and Bruursema, Justice and Dahm, Scott E. and Williams, Stephen J. and Liu, Michael C. and Dorland, Bryan N. (2023) Astrometry and Photometry for ≈1000 L, T, and Y Dwarfs from the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey. The Astronomical Journal, 166 (3). p. 103. ISSN 0004-6256

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Abstract

We present the positions, proper motions, and near-infrared photometry for 966 known objects with spectral types later than M that were observed as part of the the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey (UHS). We augment the photometry and astrometry from UHS with information from Gaia DR3, Pan-STARRS DR2, and CatWISE 2020 to produce a database of homogeneous photometry and astrometry for this sample. The multi-epoch survey strategy of UHS allows us to determine the proper motions for most sources, with a median proper motion uncertainty of ∼3.6 mas yr−1. Our UHS proper motion measurements are generally in good agreement with those from Gaia DR3, Pan-STARRS, and CatWISE 2020, with UHS proper motions typically more precise than those from CatWISE 2020 and Pan-STARRS but not Gaia DR3. We critically analyze the publicly available spectra for 406 members of this sample and provide updated near-infrared spectral types for ∼100 objects. We determine typical colors as a function of spectral type and provide absolute magnitude versus spectral type relations for UHS J- and K-band photometry. Using newly determined proper motions, we highlight several objects of interest, such as objects with large tangential velocities, widely separated co-moving companions, and potential members of young nearby associations.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: GO for ARCHIVE > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email support@goforarchive.com
Date Deposited: 16 Nov 2023 05:54
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2023 05:54
URI: http://eprints.go4mailburst.com/id/eprint/1725

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