The discovery of the T8.5 dwarf UGPS J0521+3640

We have carried out a search for late-type T dwarfs in the UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey 6th Data Release. The search yielded two persuasive candidates, both of which have been confirmed as T dwarfs. The brightest, UGPS J0521+3640 has been assigned the spe

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Autores: Burningham, B., Day-Jones, A. C.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2011
País:Chile
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.anid.cl:10533/241022
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10533/241022
Access Level:Acceso aberto
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Resumo:We have carried out a search for late-type T dwarfs in the UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey 6th Data Release. The search yielded two persuasive candidates, both of which have been confirmed as T dwarfs. The brightest, UGPS J0521+3640 has been assigned the spe