Program: GN-2009B-Q-100
| Title: | Optical Specroscopic Follow-Up of Taurus Proper-Motion Selected Candidates |
| PI: | Mark Pitts |
| Co-I(s): | Eugene Magnier |
Abstract
As part of an approved PhD thesis, we have used a combination of proper-motion and
optical/NIR colors to extract member candidates of the Taurus star-forming region. We propose
to obtain low-resolution (R~2000) optical spectra of early-M type member candidates in order to
detect signs of youth that will confirm their status as cluster members. To this end, we are
requesting 7 hours of queue time using the long-slit mode on GMOS.