The infrared energy distributions of M dwarfs

scientific abstract observations of low mass stars, such as m dwarfs, are vital for models of our galaxy. waters et al. (1987) showed that m stars were underrepresented at iras wavelengths. photometry will be performed to establish whether the infrared energy distribution of m dwarfs is of the thermal blackbody type, or whether it is dominated by features, either from molecular absorption bands or dust emission. photometry will be performed on a set of m dwarfs, which are not known to have significant mass loss or optical emission features. observation summary phtp broad band photometry will be performed for all the stars proposed, using p03 with 7 filters and a 99 aperture. the filters selected are; 7.7, 10, 12.8, 16, 25, 60, 100 um. the observations will use the chopper in rectangular mode, with a 120 chop. for gl726, the 100um band is not selected. the integration time selected is 32sec in all cases. the times are estimated using the cookbook. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]