WISE J2000+3629

WISE J200050.19+362950.1
Observation data; Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation	Cygnus
Right ascension	20h 00m 50.198s
Declination	36° 29′ 50.18″
Astrometry
Distance	12.7–26.1 ly ; (3.9−8.0 pc)
Characteristics
Spectral type	T8
Other designations
	WISE J200050.19+362950.1
Database references
SIMBAD	data

WISE J2000+3629 (full designation is WISE J200050.19+362950.1) in astronomy is a nearby brown dwarf with a temperature less than 700 Kelvin (spectral type T8), located in the constellation Cygnus. Estimates suggest it is 12.7–26.1 light-years from Earth^[1], 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^[1] using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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 THE ( ) 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.

Notes[]

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[Cushing2014-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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 THE ( ) 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.

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