Discovery of a Low-mass Comoving System Using NOIRLab Source Catalog DR2
Abstract
We present the discovery of a low-mass comoving system found by means of the NOIRLab Source Catalog DR2. The system consists of the high proper-motion star LEHPM 5005 and an ultracool companion 2MASS J22410186-4500298 with an estimated spectral type of L2. The primary (LEHPM 5005) is likely a mid-M dwarf but over-luminous for its color, indicating a possible close equal mass binary. According to the Gaia EDR3 parallax of the primary, the system is located at a distance of 58 ± 2 pc. We calculated an angular separation of 7"2 between both components, resulting in a projected physical separation of 418 au.
- Publication:
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Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- August 2021
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2108.10308
- Bibcode:
- 2021RNAAS...5..196K
- Keywords:
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- Low mass stars;
- Binary stars;
- 2050;
- 154;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ac1f9c