| dc.contributor.author | The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Collaboration | |
| dc.contributor.author | The Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors Collaboration | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-10T09:30:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-10-10T09:30:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-09-14 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Collaboration & The Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors Collaboration 2022 , ' VVV J165507.19-421755.5: A Nearby T Dwarf Hidden in the Galactic Plane ' , Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society , vol. 6 , no. 9 , 189 , pp. 1-4 . https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ac9141 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2515-5172 | |
| dc.identifier.other | Jisc: 603106 | |
| dc.identifier.other | publisher-id: rnaasac9141 | |
| dc.identifier.other | manuscript: ac9141 | |
| dc.identifier.other | other: aas41911 | |
| dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-8872-4462/work/144393244 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/26878 | |
| dc.description | © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.description.abstract | We present the discovery of VVV J165507.19−421755.5, a mid-T dwarf found through ongoing unWISE-based proper motion searches. A near-infrared spectrum of this object obtained with the NIRES instrument on the Keck II telescope indicates a spectral classification of T5. Using data from the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) catalog with a 9 year baseline, we measure a proper motion of ( μαcos(δ) , μ δ ) = (−631.0 ± 1.3, −315.0 ± 1.4) mas yr−1 and a trigonometric parallax of π abs = 66.0 ± 4.8 mas, corresponding to a distance of 15.2 ± 1.1 pc. The trigonometric parallax agrees well with our photometric distance estimate (16.1 −3.9+5.1 pc) assuming that VVV J165507.19−421755.5 is a single T5 dwarf. VVV J165507.19−421755.5 is a new member of the 20 parsec census. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 4 | |
| dc.format.extent | 694454 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society | |
| dc.subject | 340 | |
| dc.subject | Stars and Stellar Physics | |
| dc.title | VVV J165507.19-421755.5: A Nearby T Dwarf Hidden in the Galactic Plane | en |
| dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Future Societies Research | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Climate Change Research (C3R) | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics | |
| dc.contributor.institution | School of Physics, Engineering & Computer Science | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Astrophysics Research (CAR) | |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
| rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.3847/2515-5172/ac9141 | |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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