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We present Keck I/OSIRIS and Keck II/NIRC2 adaptive optics imaging of two member candidates of the Praesepe stellar cluster (d=186.18$pm$0.11 pc; 590-790 Myr), UGC J08451066+2148171 (L1.5$pm$0.5) and UGCS J08301935$+$2003293 (no spectroscopic classification). We resolved UGCS J08451066$+$2148171 into a binary system in the near-infrared, with a $K$-band wavelength flux ratio of 0.89$pm$0.04, a projected separation of 60.3$pm$1.3 mas (11.2$pm$0.7 au; 1$sigma$). We also resolved UGCS J08301935$+$2003293 into a binary system with a flux ratio of 0.46$pm$0.03 and a separation of 62.5$pm$0.9 mas. Assuming zero eccentricity, we estimate minimum orbital periods of $sim$100 years for both systems. According to theoretical evolutionary models, we derive masses in the range of 0.074-0.078 M$_{odot}$ and 0.072-0.076 M$_{odot}$ for the primary and secondary of UGCS J08451066$+$2148171 for an age of 700$pm$100 Myr. In the case of UGCS J08301935$+$2003293, the primary is a low-mass star at the stellar/substellar boundary (0.070-0.078 M$_{odot}$) while the companion candidate might be a brown dwarf (0.051-0.065 M$_{odot}$). These are the first two binaries composed of L dwarfs in Praesepe. They are benchmark systems to derive the location of the substellar limit at the age and metallicity of Praesepe, determine the age of the cluster based on the lithium depletion boundary test, derive dynamical masses, and improve low-mass stellar and substellar evolutionary models at a well-known age and metallicity.
We present the discovery of NGTS J0930-18, an extreme mass ratio eclipsing M-dwarf binary system with an early M-dwarf primary and a late M-dwarf secondary close to the hydrogen burning limit. Global modelling of photometry and radial velocities reve
Using spectroscopic radial velocities with the APOGEE instrument and Gaia distance estimates, we demonstrate that Kepler-503b, currently considered a validated Kepler planet, is in fact a brown-dwarf/low-mass star in a nearly circular 7.2-day orbit a
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