Astronomy:WISE J2000+3629

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Short description: Brown dwarf
WISE J200050.19+362950.1
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

Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Cygnus[1]
Right ascension  20h 00m 50.177s[2]
Declination +36° 29′ 46.54″[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage brown dwarf[3]
Spectral type T8[3]
Astrometry
Parallax (π)133.4 ± 2.2[4] mas
Distance24.4 ± 0.4 ly
(7.5 ± 0.1 pc)
Other designations
WISE J200050.19+362950.1[3]
Database references
SIMBADdata
WISE J2000+3629 is the orange object in the center. It is located in a crowded field near the galactic plane. Credit:unWISE

WISE J2000+3629 (full designation is WISE J200050.19+362950.1) 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,[4] 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[3] using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope.

References

  1. ↑ Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 99 (617): 695. doi:10.1086/132034. Bibcode: 1987PASP...99..695R  Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cutri, R. M.; Skrutskie, M. F.; Van Dyk, S.; Beichman, C. A.; Carpenter, J. M.; Chester, T.; Cambresy, L.; Evans, T. et al. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". Vizier Online Data Catalog. Bibcode: 2003yCat.2246....0C. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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. Bibcode: 2014AJ....147..113C. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. Bibcode: 2021ApJS..253....7K. 

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




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