17 papers
The Effects of M Star Age Dependent Ultraviolet Emission on Detecting and Interpreting Exoplanet Biosignatures
C. Evan Davis, Victoria S. Meadows, Evgenya L. Shkolnik +5
Given their abundance and observational advantages, M stars will arguably be the best candidates for characterizing and searching for biosignatures on terrestrial exoplanets in the…
SMDET-1: a Nearby Y Dwarf Candidate
The Backyard Worlds, :, Planet 9 Collaboration +15
We present the discovery of SMDET-1, a red, fast-moving object ("/yr) identified in time-resolved unWISE coadds using a pixel-level deep learning methodology called S…
Spectroscopic Characterization of WD J000801.25-350450 and its Two Co-Moving Companions
Peter A. JaÅowiczor, Thomas P. Bickle, J. Davy Kirkpatrick +18
We present new spectroscopic data for Gaia DR3 2309499817384726016 (WD0008-350A) and its two wide, co-moving, low-mass companions. We confirm the white dwarf is a hydrogen-rich DA,…
A Comprehensive Atmospheric Retrieval Analysis of 22 James Webb Space Telescope Spectral Energy Distributions of Cool Brown Dwarfs
Harshil Kothari, Michael C. Cushing, Samuel A. Beiler +5
We present a uniform atmospheric retrieval analysis of 22 late-T and Y-type brown dwarfs within 20 pc, observed with the James Webb Space Telescope NIRSpec PRISM and MIRI LRS. This…
Spitzer + HST parallaxes of 13 late T and Y dwarfs
Federico Marocco, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Richard L. Smart +13
We present astrometric measurements for 13 cold brown dwarfs in the solar neighborhood (d < 20pc). By combining archival Spitzer data with our own Hubble Space Telescope (HST) obse…
Parallaxes, Proper Motions, and Near-Infrared Photometry for 173 L and T Dwarfs From The US Naval Observatory Infrared Astrometry Program
Frederick J. Vrba, Adam C. Schneider, Jeffrey A. Munn +11
We present near-infrared parallax and proper motion astrometry for 74 L-dwarfs and 99 T-dwarfs, as single objects or in binary systems, obtained with the ASTROCAM astrometric image…