A star of exceedingly low luminosity

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M Irwin · Royal Observatory in Greenwich

N. Reid · California Institute of Technology

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We present optical and near-infrared observations of a nearby (∼10 pc), low-temperature M dwarf star, discovered as a by-product of the APM high-redshift quasar survey. Our infrared observations place this object, BRI0021−0214, amongst the lowest luminosity stars yet discovered, with a bolometric luminosity of ∼14th magnitude (∼10 −4 L ⊙ ) and an effective temperature of ∼2250 K

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Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

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Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volume 252, Issue 1, pp. 61P-64P

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/252.1.61p

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A star of exceedingly low luminosity

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