SIMBAD references

A search dedicated to the identification of new, dwarf and cold stars close to the Sun has allowed us to measure the radial velocities of a set of stars of late spectral type. The stars selected were M-type stars present in the Hipparcos Input Catalogue located in a strip of ±20° around the Ecliptic and observables from La Silla. Our final set contains 22 M-type stars whose radial velocities V_r have been measured with an accuracy of ∼0.5km/s during a single observing run. From their velocities, parallaxes and magnitudes we deduce that all the stars observed are red giants, with space velocities relative to the Sun mostly lower than 100km/s.