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Title: A VERY HIGH PROPER MOTION STAR AND THE FIRST L DWARF IN THE KEPLER FIELD

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal Letters
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 (United States)
  2. Center for Astrophysics and Space Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (United States)

We report two nearby high proper motion dwarfs of special interest identified using the Preliminary Data Release of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and the Two Micron All Sky Survey. WISEP J191239.91-361516.4 has a motion of 2.1 arcsec yr{sup -1}. Photometry identifies it as a mid-M dwarf. WISEP J190648.47+401106.8 is a spectroscopically confirmed L1 dwarf in the Kepler Mission field with a motion of 0.48 arcsec yr{sup -1}. The estimated distance is 17 pc. Both lie at relatively low galactic latitudes and demonstrate the possibility of discovering proper motion stars independent of the historic photographic sky surveys.

OSTI ID:
21562506
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 736, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/736/2/L34; ISSN 2041-8205
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English