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author Zhang, Wings
Schneider, Adam C.
Bickle, Thomas P.
Burgasser, Adam J.
Softich, Emma
Marocco, Federico
Gagliuffi, Daniella Bardalez
Faherty, Jacqueline K.
Meisner, Aaron M.
Kirkpatrick, J. Davy
Kuchner, Marc J.
Kabatnik, Martin
Kiwy, Frank
Sainio, Arttu
Schümann, Jörg
Selg-Mann, Karl
Andersen, Nikolaj Stevnbak
Baller, Bruce
Beaulieu, Paul
Bell, John
Caselden, Dan
Colin, Guillaume
Dereveanco, Alexandru
Frank, Christoph
Glebov, Konstantin
Gramaize, Léopold
Hamlet, Leslie K.
Martin, David W.
Pendrill, William
Perlin, Stéphane
Stenner, Andres
Tanner, Christopher
Thévenot, Melina
Thakur, Vinod
Andersen, Nikolaj Stevnbak
author_facet Zhang, Wings
Schneider, Adam C.
Bickle, Thomas P.
Burgasser, Adam J.
Softich, Emma
Marocco, Federico
Gagliuffi, Daniella Bardalez
Faherty, Jacqueline K.
Meisner, Aaron M.
Kirkpatrick, J. Davy
Kuchner, Marc J.
Kabatnik, Martin
Kiwy, Frank
Sainio, Arttu
Schümann, Jörg
Selg-Mann, Karl
Andersen, Nikolaj Stevnbak
Baller, Bruce
Beaulieu, Paul
Bell, John
Caselden, Dan
Colin, Guillaume
Dereveanco, Alexandru
Frank, Christoph
Glebov, Konstantin
Gramaize, Léopold
Hamlet, Leslie K.
Martin, David W.
Pendrill, William
Perlin, Stéphane
Stenner, Andres
Tanner, Christopher
Thévenot, Melina
Thakur, Vinod
Andersen, Nikolaj Stevnbak
contents We used the third data release of the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey to locate previously unrecognized high proper motion objects. We identify a total of 127 new discoveries with total proper motions $\gtrsim$300 mas yr$^{-1}$. A significant fraction of these sources with counterparts in the Gaia DR3 catalog are found to be distant ($>$100 pc) low-mass stars, where their large tangential velocities and placement on color-magnitude diagrams suggest that they are likely low-metallicity M-type subdwarfs. Optical spectroscopy is used to confirm the low-mass and low-metallicity for two such sources. Using available optical and infrared photometry, we estimate the spectral type for all non-Gaia sources and find 10 likely late-M dwarfs, 15 objects with colors most consistent with L-type dwarfs, and 9 possible T-type dwarfs. Follow-up spectroscopy is needed to confirm spectral types and further characterize these new discoveries.
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spellingShingle High Proper Motion Discoveries from the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey
Zhang, Wings
Schneider, Adam C.
Bickle, Thomas P.
Burgasser, Adam J.
Softich, Emma
Marocco, Federico
Gagliuffi, Daniella Bardalez
Faherty, Jacqueline K.
Meisner, Aaron M.
Kirkpatrick, J. Davy
Kuchner, Marc J.
Kabatnik, Martin
Kiwy, Frank
Sainio, Arttu
Schümann, Jörg
Selg-Mann, Karl
Andersen, Nikolaj Stevnbak
Baller, Bruce
Beaulieu, Paul
Bell, John
Caselden, Dan
Colin, Guillaume
Dereveanco, Alexandru
Frank, Christoph
Glebov, Konstantin
Gramaize, Léopold
Hamlet, Leslie K.
Martin, David W.
Pendrill, William
Perlin, Stéphane
Stenner, Andres
Tanner, Christopher
Thévenot, Melina
Thakur, Vinod
Andersen, Nikolaj Stevnbak
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We used the third data release of the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey to locate previously unrecognized high proper motion objects. We identify a total of 127 new discoveries with total proper motions $\gtrsim$300 mas yr$^{-1}$. A significant fraction of these sources with counterparts in the Gaia DR3 catalog are found to be distant ($>$100 pc) low-mass stars, where their large tangential velocities and placement on color-magnitude diagrams suggest that they are likely low-metallicity M-type subdwarfs. Optical spectroscopy is used to confirm the low-mass and low-metallicity for two such sources. Using available optical and infrared photometry, we estimate the spectral type for all non-Gaia sources and find 10 likely late-M dwarfs, 15 objects with colors most consistent with L-type dwarfs, and 9 possible T-type dwarfs. Follow-up spectroscopy is needed to confirm spectral types and further characterize these new discoveries.
title High Proper Motion Discoveries from the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22605