Discovery of Nine New Companions to Nearby Young M Stars with the Altair AO System

We present results of a high-resolution, near-infrared survey of 41 nearby, young ( 300 Myr) M0-M5.0 dwarfs using the Altair natural guide star adaptive optics system at the Gemini North telescope. Twelve of the objects appear to be binaries, seven of which are reported here for the first time. One...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Astrophysical journal 2007-01, Vol.654 (1), p.558-569
Hauptverfasser:	Daemgen, Sebastian, Siegler, Nick, Reid, I. Neill, Close, Laird M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astronomy Earth, ocean, space Exact sciences and technology
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