Astrophysical: Surveys

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    Discovery of a new Y dwarf: WISE J030449.03-270508.3
    We present a new Y dwarf, WISE J030449.03-270508.3, confirmed from a candidate sample designed to pick out low-temperature objects from the Wide-field Infrared...
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    Discovery of a young low-mass brown dwarf transiting a fast-rotating F-type star by the Galactic Plane eXoplanet (GPX) survey
    We announce the discovery of GPX-1 b, a transiting brown dwarf with a mass of 19.7 ± 1.6 M Jup and a radius of 1.47 ± 0.10 R Jup, the first substellar object...
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    Discovery of the benchmark metal-poor T8 dwarf BD +01° 2920B
    We have searched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer first data release for widely separated (≤10 000 au) late T dwarf companions to Hipparcos and Gliese...
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    Discovery of the Bright Trans-Neptunian Object 2000 EB173
    We describe the discovery circumstances and photometric properties of 2000 EB173, now one of the brightest trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with opposition...
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    Discovery of three nearby L dwarfs in the Southern Sky
    We report the discovery of three L dwarfs in the solar vicinity within 30 parsecs. These objects were originally found as proper motion objects from a...
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    Discovery of very nearby ultracool dwarfs from DENIS
    We report new spectroscopic results, obtained with UKIRT/CGS4, of a sample of 14 candidate ultracool dwarfs selected from the DENIS (Deep Near-Infrared Survey...
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    Early results from ChanPLaNS: Mystery of hard X-ray emitting CSPNe†
    We are presently using the Chandra X-ray Observatory to conduct the first systematic X-ray survey of planetary nebulae (PNe) in the solar neighborhood. The...
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    Eight new T4.5-T7.5 dwarfs discovered in the UKIDSS Large Area Survey Data Release 1
    We present eight new T4.5-T7.5 dwarfs identified in the UKIRT (United Kingdom Infrared Telescope) Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Large Area Survey (LAS) Data...
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    ELAIS: final band-merged catalogue (Rowan-Robinson+, 2004)
    The catalog represents the final band-merged European Large-Area ISO Survey (ELAIS) Catalogue at 6.7, 15, 90 and 175{mu}m, and the associated data at U, g', r'...