We used the OSIRIS camera at the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) to monitor the astrometric motion of the L4.5 dwarf 2M1821$+$14 over 17 months. The astrometric residuals of eleven epochs have a r.m.s. dispersion of 0.4 mas, which is larger than the average precision of 0.23 mas per epoch and hints towards an additional signal or excess noise. Comparison of the point-spread-functions in OSIRIS and FORS2/VLT images reveals no differences critical for high-precision astrometry, despite the GTC's segmented primary mirror. We attribute the excess noise to an unknown effect that may be uncovered with additional data. For 2M1821$+$14, we measured a relative parallax of $106.15 \pm 0.18$ mas and determined a correction of $0.50\pm0.05$ mas to absolute parallax, leading to a distance of $9.38 \pm0.03$ pc. We excluded at 3-$σ$ confidence the presence of a companion to 2M1821$+$14 down to a mass ratio of 0.1 ($\approx 5\, M_\mathrm{Jupiter}$) with a period of 50--1000 days and a separation of 0.1--0.7 au. The accurate parallax allowed us to estimate the age and mass of 2M1821$+$14 of 120--700 Myr and 0.049$^{+0.014}_{-0.024}$ M$_\odot$, thus confirming its intermediate age and substellar mass. We complement our study with a parallax and proper motion catalogue of 587 stars ($i'\simeq15.5-22$) close to 2M1821$+$14, used as astrometric references. This study demonstrates sub-mas astrometry with the GTC, a capability applicable for a variety of science cases including the search for extrasolar planets and relevant for future astrometric observations with E-ELT and TMT.
该项目的目的是对迄今发现的最冷的褐矮星Y矮星的光谱能量分布的特征做出贡献。我们在10.4米的加那利大望远镜(GTC)上使用OSIRIS(成像和低分辨率集成光谱学光学系统)仪器获得了6颗Y矮星和1颗T9+ Y 0双星的z波段远红外成像。我们在$z$波段探测到了已知的7颗Y矮星中的5颗,推断出它们的光学到红外颜色,并测量了它们的自行。我们发现Y 0矮星的z-J和z-H色的色散比T矮星的高。发现这种分散与H-w2相关。Y矮星的光红外色的高度分散和可能转向更蓝的颜色可能是不同厚度的硫化物云存在的结果,碱性的耗尽和/或重力效应。
Evidence for stellar contamination and water absorption in NGTS-5b's transmission spectra with GTC/OSIRIS
CAS Key Laboratory of Planetary Sciences, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院行星科学重点实验室,紫金山天文台);University of Science and Technology of China(中国科学技术大学);Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)(加那利天体物理学研究所);Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)(拉各拉纳大学)
Observations of the planetary nebula RWT 152 with OSIRIS/GTC
RWT 152是少数几个已知的行星状星云之一,其中心恒星是sdO。我们提出了亚角秒红色可调谐滤波器Halpha成像和中等分辨率,长缝光谱的RWT 152获得与OSIRIS/GTC的目的是分析其属性。这张Halalpha图像显示了一个双极星云,有一个明亮的赤道区域和主叶中的多个气泡。一个微弱的圆形光晕围绕着主星云。星云光谱显示出一个非常低激发态的星云,有来自H^+、He^+和双电离金属的微弱发射线,除了极微弱的[NII]6584发射线外,没有来自中性和单电离金属的发射线。如果RWT 152是一个密度受限的行星状星云,那么这些光谱就可以得到解释。在RWT 152中获得了低的S、O、Ar、N和Ne的星云化学丰度,这与导出的高特有速度($\sim$ 92-131 km s $^{-1}$)一起表明该天体是一个晕行星状星云。现有数据与RWT 152一致,RWT 152是从在贫金属环境中形成的低质量前体($\sim$ 1 M $_{\odot}$)演变而来的。