Keck/NIRES sp. of CWISE J050626.96+073842.4

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We present the discovery of CWISE J050626.96+073842.4 (CWISEJ0506+0738), an L/T transition dwarf with extremely red near-infrared colors discovered through the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project. Photometry from UKIRT and CatWISE give a (J-K)MKO color of 2.97+/-0.03mag and a J_MKO_-W2 color of 4.93+/-0.02mag, making CWISE J0506+0738 the reddest known free-floating L/T dwarf in both colors. We confirm the extremely red nature of CWISE J0506+0738 using Keck/NIRES near-infrared spectroscopy and establish that it is a low-gravity, late-type L/T transition dwarf. The spectrum of CWISE J0506+0738 shows possible signatures of CH4 absorption in its atmosphere, suggesting a colder effective temperature than other known, young, red L dwarfs. We assign a preliminary spectral type for this source of L8{gamma}-T0{gamma}. We tentatively find that CWISE J0506+0738 is variable at 3-5{mu}m based on multiepoch WISE photometry. Proper motions derived from follow-up UKIRT observations combined with a radial velocity from our Keck/NIRES spectrum and a photometric distance estimate indicate a strong membership probability in the {beta} Pic moving group. A future parallax measurement will help to establish a more definitive moving group membership for this unusual object.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.19439016
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/943/L16
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Related Identifier https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/943/L16
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/943/L16
Provenance
Creator Schneider A.C.; Burgasser A.J.; Bruursema J.; Munn J.A.; Vrba F.J.,Caselden D.; Kabatnik M.; Rothermich A.; Sainio A.; Bickle T.P.,Dahm S.E.; Meisner A.M.; Kirkpatrick J.D.; Suarez G.; Gagne J.,Faherty J.K.; Vos J.M.; Kuchner M.J.; Williams S.J.; Gagliuffi D.B.,Aganze C.; Hsu C.-C.; Theissen C.; Cushing M.C.; Marocco F.; Casewell S.,(The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Collaboration)
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2025
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy