Astronomy:WISE J2209+2711
From HandWiki
Coordinates: 22h 09m 05.734s, +27° 11′ 44.00″
Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
---|---|
Constellation | Pegasus |
Right ascension | 22h 09m 05.734s |
Declination | +27° 11′ 44.00″ |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | brown dwarf |
Spectral type | Y0[1] |
Astrometry | |
Parallax (π) | 161.7 ± 2.0 mas |
Distance | 20.2 ± 0.2 ly (6.18 ± 0.08 pc) |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Location of WISE J2209+2711 in the constellation Pegasus |
WISE J2209+2711 is a brown dwarf of spectral type Y0:,[1] located in constellation Pegasus at 22 light-years from Earth.[2] Its discovery was published in 2014 by Cushing et al.[1]
See also
- List of star systems within 20–25 light years
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cushing, Michael C.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gelino, Christopher R.; Mace, Gregory N.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Gould, Andrew (2014). "Three New Cool Brown Dwarfs Discovered with the Wide-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.
- ↑ Beichman, C.; Gelino, Christopher R.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Cushing, Michael C.; Dodson-Robinson, Sally; Marley, Mark S.; Morley, Caroline V.; Wright, E. L. (2014). "WISE Y Dwarfs As Probes of the Brown Dwarf-Exoplanet Connection". The Astrophysical Journal 783 (2): 68. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/68. Bibcode: 2014ApJ...783...68B.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISE J2209+2711.
Read more |