2014/04/25 by K. L. Luhman, Scott S. Sheppard
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrometry #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Galactic halo #Halo #Infrared #Photometry (optics) #Proper motion #Spectroscopy #Stars #Stellar classification #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0004-637x/787/2/126
Astrophysical Journal, in press
arxiv created 2014/04/25 · openalex publication_date 2014/05/12 · arxiv updated 2015/06/19 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present an analysis of high proper motion objects that we have found in a recent study and in this work with multi-epoch astrometry from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ( WISE ). Using photometry and proper motions from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey and WISE , we have identified the members of this sample that are likely to be late-type, nearby, or metal-poor. We have performed optical and near-infrared spectroscopy on 41 objects, from which we measure spectral types that range from M4–T2.5. This sample includes 11 blue L dwarfs and 5 subdwarfs; the latter were also classified as such in the recent study by Kirkpatrick and coworkers. Based on their spectral types and photometry, several of our spectroscopic targets may have distances of <20 pc with the closest at ∼12 pc. The tangential velocities implied by the spectrophotometric distances and proper motions indicate that four of the five subdwarfs are probably members of the Galactic halo while several other objects, including the early-T dwarf WISE J210529.08−623558.7, may belong to the thick disk.