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A Large, Deep Survey of the Taurus Dark Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

S. L. Osborne ,
R. F. Jameson ,
P. D. Dobbie  and
E. L. Martín
S. L. Osborne
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, England
R. F. Jameson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, England
P. D. Dobbie
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, England
E. L. Martín
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

Abstract

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Preliminary results from a deep R, I and Z band survey of ~ 6 square degrees of the Taurus Dark Cloud region are presented. 186 potential brown dwarfs have been unearthed, with seven having follow-up spectroscopic data. The spectra reveal three mid/late-type M dwarfs, of which two show weak Hα emission. If these objects are members of the TDC region, theoretical models suggest masses in the range 10 – 20 MJ.

Type
Part 2. Observations of Recently Born Substellar Objects
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 211: Brown Dwarfs , 2003 , pp. 79 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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