WISE J2209+2711

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]

WISE J220905.73+271143.9
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 22h 09m 05.734 s
Declination +27° 11 44.00
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage brown dwarf
Spectral type Y0[1]
Astrometry
Parallax (π)147 ± 11[2] mas
Distance22 ± 2 ly
(6.8 ± 0.5 pc)
Other designations
WISE J220905.73+271143.9[1]
Database references
SIMBADdata

See also

  • List of star systems within 20–25 light years

References

  1. 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. arXiv:1402.1378. Bibcode:2014AJ....147..113C. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/5/113.
  2. 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. arXiv:1401.1194v2. Bibcode:2014ApJ...783...68B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/68.
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