Optical photometry of brown dwarfs with the telescopes of Rozhen NAO

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作者
Dimitrov, D. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Bulgarian Acad Sci, Inst Astron, Sofia, Bulgaria
[2] Bulgarian Acad Sci, NAO, Sofia, Bulgaria
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BULGARIAN ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL | 2011年 / 15卷
基金
美国国家航空航天局; 美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
ultra-cool dwarfs; brown dwarfs; optical photometry; JHK 2MASS photometry;
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The obtained optical (V and I) photometry of several known brown dwarfs (BDs) demonstrates the possibility for observations of BDs with the telescopes at Rozhen NAO. Criteria for searching for brown-dwarf candidates are derived on the base of statistical analysis. Observations of three arbitrary sky fields and applying of the selection criteria lead to finding of 14 BD candidates. Their spectral types are predicted on the base of the established statistical relations.
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