astro.wikisort.org - StarWISE 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 |
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Parallax (π) | 133.4 ± 2.2 mas[1] |
Distance | 24.4 ± 0.4 ly (7.5 ± 0.1 pc) |
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Characteristics |
Spectral type |
T8[2] |
Other designations |
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WISE J200050.19+362950.1[2] |
Database references |
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SIMBAD | data |
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
- 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.
- 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.
Notes
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