WISEPC J112254.73+255021.5
Appearance
Observation data Epoch MJD 55534.13[1] Equinox J2000[1] | |
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Constellation | Template:Constel |
Right ascension | 11h 22m 54.71s[1] |
Declination | 25° 50′ 21.85″[1] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | T6[1] |
Apparent magnitude (J (2MASS filter system)) | 16.67 ± 0.09[1] |
Apparent magnitude (H (2MASS filter system)) | 16.64 ± 0.11[1] |
Apparent magnitude (KS (2MASS filter system)) | 16.55 ± 0.12[1] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -954 ± 16[1] mas/yr Dec.: -276 ± 18[1] mas/yr |
Distance | ~ 55.1[1] ly (~ 16.9[1] pc) |
Other designations | |
WISE 1122+2550 (full designation is WISEPC J112254.73+255021.5) is a brown dwarf of spectral class T6[1], located in constellation Template:Constel. It is one of 106 brown dwarfs (counting components of two binary systems of brown dwarfs[2]), discovered in 2011 by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Its photometric distance estimate is 16.9 pc (55.1 ly)[1].
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Kirkpatrick, J. Davy (2011). "The First Hundred Brown Dwarfs Discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)". arXiv:1108.4677 [astro-ph.SR].
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