Astronomy:CFBDS J005910.90–011401.3

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Short description: Brown dwarf star in the constellation Cetus
CFBDS J005910.90-011401.3
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension  00h 59m 10.83s[1]
Declination −01° 14′ 01.3″[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type T8.5[1]
Apparent magnitude (J) 18.075[1]
Apparent magnitude (H) 18.27[1]
Apparent magnitude (K) 18.71[1]
Astrometry
Parallax (π)108.20 ± 5.00[2] mas
Distance30 ± 1 ly
(9.2 ± 0.4 pc)
Details[3]
Mass15-30 MJup
Surface gravity (log g)4.75 cgs
Temperature620 K
Age1-5 Myr
Other designations
CFBDS J005910-011401, WISEP J005911.09-011400.6
Database references
SIMBADdata

CFBDS J005910.90−011401.3 (also CFBDS J0059−0114 or CFBDS0059) is a brown dwarf with a low temperature of only 625 K,[3] located in constellation Cetus about 30 light-years away.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "CFBDS J005910-011401". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=CFBDS+J005910-011401. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Faherty, Jacqueline K. (2012). "The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project (BDKP). III. Parallaxes for 70 Ultracool Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal 752 (1): 56. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/752/1/56. Bibcode2012ApJ...752...56F. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Delorme, Philippe; Delfosse, Xavier; Albert, Loïc; Artigau, Étienne; Forveille, Thierry; Reylé, Céline; Allard, France; Homeier, Derek et al. (2008). "CFBDS J005910.90-011401.3: Reaching the T-Y brown dwarf transition?". Astronomy and Astrophysics 482 (3): 961–971. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20079317. Bibcode2008A&A...482..961D.