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The LEECH Exoplanet Imaging Survey: Orbit and Component Masses of the Intermediate-age, Late-type Binary NO UMa
Schlieder, Joshua E.; Skemer, Andrew J.; Maire, Anne-Lise et al.
2016In Astrophysical Journal, 818
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Keywords :
binaries: general; instrumentation: adaptive optics; stars: fundamental parameters; stars: individual: NO UMa; stars: late-type; techniques: high angular resolution
Abstract :
[en] We present high-resolution Large Binocular Telescope LBTI/LMIRcam images of the spectroscopic and astrometric binary NO UMa obtained as part of the LBT Interferometer Exozodi Exoplanet Common Hunt exoplanet imaging survey. Our H-, K[SUB]s[/SUB]-, and L‧-band observations resolve the system at angular separations <0.″09. The components exhibit significant orbital motion over a span of ∼7 months. We combine our imaging data with archival images, published speckle interferometry measurements, and existing spectroscopic velocity data to solve the full orbital solution and estimate component masses. The masses of the K2.0 ± 0.5 primary and K6.5 ± 0.5 secondary are 0.83 ± 0.02 M[SUB]⊙[/SUB] and 0.64 ± 0.02 M[SUB]⊙[/SUB], respectively. We also derive a system distance of d = 25.87 ± 0.02 pc and revise the Galactic kinematics of NO UMa. Our revised Galactic kinematics confirm NO UMa as a nuclear member of the ∼500 Myr old Ursa Major moving group, and it is thus a mass and age benchmark. We compare the masses of the NO UMa binary components to those predicted by five sets of stellar evolution models at the age of the Ursa Major group. We find excellent agreement between our measured masses and model predictions with little systematic scatter between the models. NO UMa joins the short list of nearby, bright, late-type binaries having known ages and fully characterized orbits. Based on data obtained with the STELLA robotic telescope in Tenerife, an AIP facility jointly operated by AIP and IAC.
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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Schlieder, Joshua E.;  NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science and Astrobiology Division, MS 245-6, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA ; Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Skemer, Andrew J.;  Steward Observatory, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Maire, Anne-Lise ;  INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, I-35122, Padova, Italy
Desidera, Silvano;  INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, I-35122, Padova, Italy
Hinz, Philip;  Steward Observatory, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Skrutskie, Michael F.;  Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
Leisenring, Jarron;  Steward Observatory, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Bailey, Vanessa;  Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Defrere, Denis ;  Université de Liège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS)
Esposito, Simone;  INAF—Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50125, Firenze, Italy
Strassmeier, Klaus G.;  Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482, Potsdam, Germany
Weber, Michael;  Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482, Potsdam, Germany
Biller, Beth A.;  Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany ; Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK
Bonnefoy, Mickaël;  Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany ; Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, 38000, Grenoble, 38000, Grenoble ; CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
Buenzli, Esther;  Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Close, Laird M.;  Steward Observatory, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Crepp, Justin R.;  Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
Eisner, Josh A.;  Steward Observatory, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Hofmann, Karl-Heinz;  Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121, Bonn, Germany
Henning, Thomas;  Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Morzinski, Katie M.;  Steward Observatory, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Schertl, Dieter;  Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121, Bonn, Germany
Weigelt, Gerd;  Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121, Bonn, Germany
Woodward, Charles E.;  Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, 116 Church Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA)
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Language :
English
Title :
The LEECH Exoplanet Imaging Survey: Orbit and Component Masses of the Intermediate-age, Late-type Binary NO UMa
Publication date :
01 February 2016
Journal title :
Astrophysical Journal
ISSN :
0004-637X
eISSN :
1538-4357
Publisher :
University of Chicago Press, United States - Illinois
Volume :
818
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