Notable Discoveries
The Consortium claims authorship of the The Solar Neighborhood series in the The Astronomical Journal, that began in 1994. This series now numbers over 20 papers and submissions. The following discoveries are from this series:
- GJ 1061 was discovered to be the 20th nearest known star system, at a distance of 11.9 light years.
- The first accurate measurement of distance for DENIS 0255-4700. At a distance of 16.2 light years, it is the nearest known class L Brown Dwarf object to the Solar System.
- The discovery of 20 previously unknown star systems within 10 parsecs of the Solar System. These are in addition to 8 new star systems announced between 2000 and 2005.
RECONS is listed explicitly as an author on papers submitted to the Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society since 2004.
The RECONS web page includes the frequently referenced List of the 100 Nearest Star Systems. They update this list as discoveries are made.
Read more about this topic: Research Consortium On Nearby Stars
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