  The discovery and subsequent detailed study of T dwarfs has provided many
surprises and pushed the physics and modeling of cool atmospheres in
unpredicted directions. Distance is a critical parameter for studies of these
objects to determine intrinsic luminosities, test binarity and measure their
motion in the Galaxy. We describe a new observational program to determine
distances across the full range of T dwarf sub-types using the NTT/SOFI
telescope/instrument combination. We present preliminary results for ten
objects, five of which represent new distances.
