Astronomy:WISE J2000+3629

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Coordinates: Sky map 20h 00m 50.198s, +36° 29′ 50.18″


WISE J200050.19+362950.1
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension  20h 00m 50.198s
Declination 36° 29′ 50.18″
Astrometry
Parallax (π)133.4 ± 2.2[1] mas
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 is located in the constellation Cygnus
WISE J2000+3629 is located in the constellation Cygnus
WISE J2000+3629
Location of WISE J2000+3629 in the constellation Cygnus

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. Parallax measurement suggest it is 24.4 light-years from Earth,[1] making it one of the nearest known brown dwarfs to the Sun. It was discovered in 2014.

Discovery

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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). "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. Bibcode2021ApJS..253....7K. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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 Thewide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer(Wise) and an Improved Spectrum of the Y0 Dwarf Wise J041022.71+150248.4". The Astronomical Journal 147 (5): 113. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/5/113. Bibcode2014AJ....147..113C. 

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