Direct detection of the brown dwarf GJ 802B with adaptive optics masking interferometry

James P. Lloyd*, Frantz Martinache, Michael J. Ireland, John D. Monnier, Steven H. Pravdo, Stuart B. Shaklan, Peter G. Tuthill

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Abstract

We have used the Palomar 200" adaptive optics (AO) system to directly detect the astrometric brown dwarf GJ 802B reported by Pravdo et al. This observation is achieved with a novel combination of aperture masking interferometry and AO. The dynamical masses are 0.175 ± 0.021 and 0.064 ± 0.032 M for the primary and secondary, respectively. The inferred absolute H-band magnitude of GJ 802B is MH = 12.8 resulting in a model-dependent Teff of 1850 ± 50 K and mass range of 0.057-0.074 M.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L131-L134
Number of pages4
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume650
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Oct 2006
Externally publishedYes

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