The 2MASS Wide-Field T Dwarf Search. I. Discovery of a Bright T Dwarf Within 10 pc of the S.pdfVIP

a r X i v : a s t r o - p h / 0 2 1 1 1 1 7 v 1 6 N o v 2 0 0 2 Accepted by AJ for February 2003 Preprint typeset using LATEX style emulateapj v. 14/09/00 THE 2MASS WIDE-FIELD T DWARF SEARCH. I. DISCOVERY OF A BRIGHT T DWARF WITHIN 10 PC OF THE SUN Adam J. Burgasser1,2, J. Davy Kirkpatrick3, Michael W. McElwain1, Roc M. Cutri3, Albert J. Burgasser4, Michael F. Skrutskie5 Accepted by AJ for February 2003 ABSTRACT We present the discovery of a bright (J = 13.94±0.03) T dwarf, 2MASS 1503+2525, identified in a new, wide-field search for T dwarfs using the recently completed Two Micron All Sk