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Published August 2021 | Published
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Discovery of a Low-mass Comoving System Using NOIRLab Source Catalog DR2

Kiwy, Frank ORCID icon
Faherty, Jacqueline ORCID icon
Meisner, Aaron ORCID icon
Schneider, Adam C. ORCID icon
Kuchner, Marc ORCID icon
Kirkpatrick, J. Davy ORCID icon
Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Collaboration

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.

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© 2021. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. Received August 2021; Accepted August 2021; Published August 2021. This work has made use of data provided by: 1. The European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia ( https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement. 2. The Astro Data Lab at NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory. NOIRLab is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.

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