A DEEP PROPER MOTION CATALOG WITHIN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY FOOTPRINT. II. THE WHITE DWARF LUMINOSITY FUNCTION

Journal Article · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2016 · The Astronomical Journal (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/153/1/10· OSTI ID:22863156

Munn, Jeffrey A.; Harris, Hugh C. ^[1]; Von Hippel, Ted ^[2]; Kilic, Mukremin; Dame, Kyra; Gianninas, A. ^[3]; Liebert, James W. ^[4]; Williams, Kurtis A. ^[5]; DeGennaro, Steven ^[6]; Jeffery, Elizabeth ^[7]

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1. US Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station, 10391 W. Naval Observatory Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86005-8521 (United States)
2. Center for Space and Atmospheric Research, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900 (United States)
3. University of Oklahoma, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, 440 W. Brooks Street, Norman, OK 73019 (United States)
4. University of Arizona, Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ 85721 (United States)
5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A and M University–Commerce, P.O. Box 3011, Commerce, TX 75429 (United States)
6. Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1400, Austin, TX 78712-0259 (United States)
7. BYU Department of Physics and Astronomy, N283 ESC, Provo, UT 84602 (United States)

A catalog of 8472 white dwarf (WD) candidates is presented, selected using reduced proper motions from the deep proper motion catalog of Munn et al. Candidates are selected in the magnitude range 16

• OSTI ID: 22863156
• Journal Information: The Astronomical Journal (Online), Journal Name: The Astronomical Journal (Online) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 153; ISSN 1538-3881
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
BOLOMETERS
CATALOGS
DENSITY
GRAVITATION
HELIUM
HYDROGEN
LUMINOSITY
MASS
PHOTOMETRY
PROPER MOTION
SKY
SPACE
STELLAR ATMOSPHERES
WHITE DWARF STARS