  Gizis et al. (2001) reported a companion candidate of spectral type L1 near
the K2 dwarf GJ 1048 using the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS). At that time
it was not possible to verify companionship astrometrically using the 2MASS
data alone due to the small proper motion of GJ 1048. We now show that both
objects share the same proper motion by using data from the UK Schmidt
Telescope Near-infrared (IVN) Southern Survey as the first epoch and data from
2MASS as the second epoch. Our technique of subtracting the PSF of the primary
from the SuperCOSMOS I scans of the Southern Survey enables the astrometry of
the companion candidate to be measured directly.
