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WISE J2000+3629

Coordinates: Sky map 20h 00m 50.198s, +36° 29′ 50.18″
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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
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
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 mas[4]
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

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WISE J2000+3629 was discovered in 2014 by Michael Cushing et al[3] using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope.

References

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  1. ^ Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b Cutri, R. M.; Skrutskie, M. F.; Van Dyk, S.; Beichman, C. A.; Carpenter, J. M.; Chester, T.; Cambresy, L.; Evans, T.; Fowler, J.; Gizis, J.; Howard, E.; Huchra, J.; Jarrett, T.; Kopan, E. L.; Kirkpatrick, J. D.; Light, R. M.; Marsh, K. A.; McCallon, H.; Schneider, S.; Stiening, R.; Sykes, M.; Weinberg, M.; Wheaton, W. A.; Wheelock, S.; Zacarias, N. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". Vizier Online Data Catalog. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
  3. ^ a b c d 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. arXiv:1402.1378. Bibcode:2014AJ....147..113C. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/5/113. S2CID 5858277.
  4. ^ a b Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gelino, Christopher R.; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Meisner, Aaron M.; Caselden, Dan; Schneider, Adam C.; Marocco, Federico; Cayago, Alfred J.; Smart, R. L.; Eisenhardt, Peter R.; Kuchner, Marc J. (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. arXiv:2011.11616. Bibcode:2021ApJS..253....7K. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/abd107. S2CID 227126954.