DEN 0255-4700

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DEN 0255-4700 is faint binary L7.5V star system 16.197 light years from the solar system. It is the 48th closest to the sun.[1]It is the closest L dwarf to the Earth.[2]

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  1. ^ [1], retrieved June 17, 2007
  2. ^ This object has an apparent magnitude of 22.92, and an absolute magnitude of 24.44, and is generally regarded as a brown dwarf. It is located at -47 south, at 2 hours 55 minutes, in Eridanus. [2], retrieved June 17, 2007

Astronomical Journal 130, #1 (July 2005), pp 337-349 doi: 10.1086/430473