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WISE J2000+3629 (full designation is WISE J200050.19+362950.1) in astronomy is a nearby brown dwarf with a temperature less than 700 Kelvin (spectral type T8), located in the constellation Cygnus. Estimates suggest it is 12.7–26.1 light-years from Earth[2], making it one of the nearest known brown dwarfs to the Sun. It was discovered in 2014.

WISE J200050.19+362950.1
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension 20h 00m 50.198s
Declination 36° 29 50.18
Astrometry
Parallax (π)133.4 ± 2.2 mas[1]
Distance24.4 ± 0.4 ly
(7.5 ± 0.1 pc)
Characteristics
Spectral type T8[2]
Other designations
WISE J200050.19+362950.1[2]
Database references
SIMBADdata
WISE J2000+3629
Location of WISE J2000+3629 in the constellation Cygnus


Discovery


WISE J2000+3629 was discovered in 2014 by Michael Cushing et al[2] using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope.


References


  1. Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gelino, Christopher R.; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Meisner, Aaron M.; Caselden, Dan; Schneider, Adam C.; Marocco, Federico; Cayago, Alfred J.; Smart, R. L.; Eisenhardt, Peter R.; Kuchner, Marc J. (2021). "The Field Substellar Mass Function Based on the Full-sky 20 pc Census of 525 L, T, and y Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 253 (1): 7. arXiv:2011.11616. Bibcode:2021ApJS..253....7K. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/abd107. S2CID 227126954.
  2. Cushing, Michael C.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gelino, Christopher R.; Mace, Gregory N.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Gould, Andrew (10 April 2014). "THREE NEW COOL BROWN DWARFS DISCOVERED WITH THE ( ) AND AN IMPROVED SPECTRUM OF THE Y0 DWARF WISE J041022.71+150248.4". The Astronomical Journal. 147 (5): 113. arXiv:1402.1378. Bibcode:2014AJ....147..113C. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/5/113.

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