Infrared observations of the Pleiades

DOI

We make use of new near- and mid-IR photometry of the Pleiades cluster in order to help identify proposed cluster members. We also use the new photometry with previously published photometry to define the single-star main-sequence locus at the age of the Pleiades in a variety of color-magnitude planes. The new near- and mid-IR photometry extend effectively 2 mag deeper than the 2MASS All-Sky Point Source catalog, and hence allow us to select a new set of candidate very low-mass and substellar mass members of the Pleiades in the central square degree of the cluster. We identify 42 new candidate members fainter than K_s_=14 (corresponding to 0.1M_{sun}). These candidate members should eventually allow a better estimate of the cluster mass function to be made down to of order 0.04M{sun}_. We also use new IRAC data, in particular the images obtained at 8um, in order to comment briefly on interstellar dust in and near the Pleiades.

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/172/663/table5 (New candidate Pleiades members)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/172/663/table2 (Pleiades members: literature photometry)

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.21720663
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/172/663
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/172/663
Related Identifier https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/172/663
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/172/663
Provenance
Creator Stauffer J.R.; Hartmann L.W.; Fazio G.G.; Allen L.E.; Patten B.M.,Lowrance P.J.; Hurt R.L.; Rebull L.M.; Cutri R.M.; Ramirez S.V.,Young E.T.; Rieke G.H.; Gorlova N.I.; Muzerolle J.C.; Slesnick C.L.,Skrutskie M.F.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2009
Rights https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy