American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2(830), p. L28
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8205/830/2/l28
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We used the Disk Detective citizen science project and the BANYAN II Bayesian analysis tool to identify a new candidate member of a nearby young association with infrared excess. WISE J080822.18-644357.3, an M5.5-type debris disk system with significant excess at both 12 and 22 $μ$m, is a likely member ($∼ 90\%$ BANYAN II probability) of the $∼ 45$ Myr-old Carina association. Since this would be the oldest M dwarf debris disk detected in a moving group, this discovery could be an important constraint on our understanding of M dwarf debris disk evolution. ; Comment: Published in Astrophysical Journal Letters