Astronomy:WISEA J1141−3326

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Short description: Sub-brown dwarf star in the constellation Hydra
WISEA J1141−3326
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JWST NIRCam image of WISEA J1141−3326 (faint orange "star" in the center)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Hydra
Right ascension  11h 41m 57.47s
Declination −33° 26′ 34.57″
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage sub-brown dwarf
Spectral type Y0[1]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: -910.9 ±1.9[2] mas/yr
Dec.: -76.4 ±1.8[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)104.0 ± 2.9[2] mas
Distance31.4 ± 0.9 ly
(9.6 ± 0.3 pc)
Details[1]
Mass3–8 MJup
Surface gravity (log g)3.75–4.25 cgs
Temperature460±79[2] K
Age0.1–1.0 Gyr
Other designations
CNS5 2863, WISEA J114156.67-332635.5, WISE J114156.71-332635.8
Database references
SIMBADdata

WISEA J1141−3326 (WISE J114156.67-332635.5, W1141) is a Y-dwarf, which means it is one of the coldest directly imaged astronomical objects.[3] It is likely a free-floating planetary-mass object.[1]

W1141 was discovered in 2014 from data of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and at first the spectral type was estimated to be Y0, but no spectroscopic confirmation was present at the time.[3] In 2017 a spectrum from Gemini South was published, confirming it as a Y0 spectral type. This work found it to be metal-rich, between 100 Myrs and 1 Gyr young and low-mass (3–8 ||J}}}}}}). It has a tangential velocity of about 41 km/s.[1] It was found that this object overlaps with a background galaxy in early observations, contaminating the measured brightness. This had led to a falsely detection of a blue color, which is attributed to the contamination.[4]

See also

  • List of Y-dwarfs

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Leggett, S. K.; Tremblin, P.; Esplin, T. L.; Luhman, K. L.; Morley, Caroline V. (2017-06-01). "The Y-type Brown Dwarfs: Estimates of Mass and Age from New Astrometry, Homogenized Photometry, and Near-infrared Spectroscopy". The Astrophysical Journal 842 (2): 118. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa6fb5. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode2017ApJ...842..118L. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gelino, Christopher R.; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Meisner, Aaron M.; Caselden, Dan; Schneider, Adam C.; Marocco, Federico; Cayago, Alfred J. et al. (2021-03-01). "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. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/abd107. ISSN 0067-0049. Bibcode2021ApJS..253....7K. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tinney, C. G.; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Cushing, Mike; Morley, Caroline V.; Wright, Edward L. (2014-11-01). "The Luminosities of the Coldest Brown Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal 796 (1): 39. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/796/1/39. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode2014ApJ...796...39T. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...796...39T. 
  4. Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Martin, Emily C.; Smart, Richard L.; Cayago, Alfred J.; Beichman, Charles A.; Marocco, Federico; Gelino, Christopher R.; Faherty, Jacqueline K. et al. (2019-02-01). "Preliminary Trigonometric Parallaxes of 184 Late-T and Y Dwarfs and an Analysis of the Field Substellar Mass Function into the "Planetary" Mass Regime". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 240 (2): 19. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/aaf6af. ISSN 0067-0049. Bibcode2019ApJS..240...19K.