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CCD Parallaxes for Southern Very Low Luminosity Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Philip A. Ianna*
Affiliation:
The Leander J. McCormick Observatory The University of Virginia Charlottesville VA 22903-0818 U.S.A.

Abstract

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Trigonometric parallaxes based on CCD observations are presented here for six southern very late-type M dwarf stars and three white dwarfs. The M dwarfs RG0050-2722, ESO207-61, MH2115-4518, MH2124-4228, and LHS3003 are among the very lowest luminosity stars known.

Type
Ground-Based Optical Astrometry
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 

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