The Solar Neighborhood XXIII CCD Photometric Distance Estimates of SCR Targets -- 77 M Dwarf Systems within 25 Parsecs

TL;DR

This paper provides improved CCD photometric distance estimates for 100 SCR systems, identifying 77 likely within 25 parsecs, thereby increasing the known nearby M dwarf systems in the southern sky by 23%.

Contribution

It introduces new $VRI$ photometry and combines it with 2MASS data to refine distance estimates, including 28 new discoveries not previously published.

Findings

77 systems predicted within 25 pc

Potential 23% increase in nearby M dwarf systems

Improved distance estimates over previous photographic methods

Abstract

We present CCD photometric distance estimates of 100 SCR (SuperCOSMOS RECONS) systems with $\mu$ $\geq$ 0$\farcs$18/yr, 28 of which are new discoveries previously unpublished in this series of papers. These distances are estimated using a combination of new $VRI$ photometry acquired at CTIO and $JHK$ magnitudes extracted from 2MASS. The estimates are improvements over those determined using photographic plate $BRI$ magnitudes from SuperCOSMOS plus $JHK$, as presented in the original discovery papers. In total, 77 of the 100 systems investigated are predicted to be within 25 pc. If all 77 systems are confirmed to have $\pi$$_{trig}$ $\ge$ 40 milliarcseconds, this sample would represent a 23% increase in M dwarf systems nearer than 25 pc in the southern sky.