The κ Andromedae system: New constraints on the companion mass, system age, and further multiplicity

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Hinkley, Sasha
Pueyo, Laurent
Faherty, J.
Oppenheimer, Ben R
Mamajek, Eric E
Kraus, Adam L
Rice, Emily L
David, Trevor
Hillenbrand, Lynne
Vasisht, Gautam

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κ Andromedae is a B9IVn star at 52 pc for which a faint substellar companion separated by 55 ± 2 AU was recently announced. In this work, we present the first spectrum of the companion, "κ And B," using the Project 1640 high-contrast imaging platform.

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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