Initial Results from the Palomar Adaptive Optics Survey of Young Solar-type Stars : a Brown Dwarf and Three Stellar Companions

@inproceedings{Metchev2004InitialRF,
  title={Initial Results from the Palomar Adaptive Optics Survey of Young Solar-type Stars : a Brown Dwarf and Three Stellar Companions},
  author={S Metchev and L. A. Hillenbrand},
  year={2004}
}

• S Metchev, L. A. Hillenbrand
• Published 2004

We present first results from the Palomar Adaptive Optics Survey of Young Stars conducted at the Hale 5 m telescope. Through direct imaging we have discovered a brown dwarf and two low-mass stellar companions to the young solar-type stars HD 49197, HD 129333 (EK Dra), and V522 Per, and confirmed a previously suspected companion to RX J0329.1+0118 (Sterzik et al. 1997), at respective separations of 0.95 (43 AU), 0.74 (25 AU), 2.09 (400 AU), and 3.78 (380 AU). Physical association of each binary… CONTINUE READING

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