WISE J0521+1025

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Coordinates: 05h 21m 26.349s, +10° 25′ 27.41″

WISE J0521+1025
Observation data
Epoch 2012.773[ 1]      Equinox J2000
Constellation Orion
Right ascension 05h 21m 26.349s[ 1]
Declination 10° 25 27.41[ 1]
Characteristics
Spectral typeT7.5[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (J (2MASS))15.262[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (H (2MASS))15.222 ± 0.103[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (Ks (2MASS))14.665[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (w1 (WISE))14.098 ± 0.031[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (w2 (WISE))12.286 ± 0.026[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (w3 (WISE))10.306 ± 0.085[ 1]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: +232 ± 9[ 1] mas/yr
Dec.: -418 ± 6[ 1] mas/yr
Distance16.3 ± 4.2[ 1] ly
(5.0 ± 1.3[ 1] pc)
Other designations
WISE J052126.29+102528.4[ 1]
WISE J0521+1025[ 1]

WISE J0521+1025 is a nearby brown dwarf of spectral type T7.5, located in constellation Orion [~ 1] at approximately 5.0 pc (16.3 ly) from Earth.[ 1]

It is also the nearest known T dwarf in the northern sky.[ 1]

History of observations

WISE J0521+1025 was discovered by Bihain et al. by selection of sources with colours typical for T dwarfs from WISE All-Sky source catalogue and checking them for high proper motion using older surveys: 2MASS, DENIS, SDSS, SSS, DSS and UKIDSS. Three objects among about ten candidates, including WISE J0521+1025, were selected for spectroscopic follow up with Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). October 9, 2012 Bihain et al. carried out follow up observations of WISE J0521+1025 with near-Infrared spectrograph LUCI 1 on LBT. June 25, 2013 Astronomy & Astrophysics received the discovery paper, which was accepted for publication 10 July 2013.[ 1]

Distance

Distance of WISE J0521+1025 was estimated by Bihain et al. using mean absolute magnitudes of single T7.5 dwarfs, derived by Dupuy & Liu (2012) from trigonometric parallaxes:[ 1] 5.0 ± 1.3 pc (16.3 ± 4.2 ly).[ 1]

WISE J0521+1025 distance estimates

Source Parallax, mas Distance, pc Distance, ly Ref.
Bihain et al. (2013) 5.0 ± 1.3 16.3 ± 4.2 [ 1]

Non-trigonometric estimates are marked in italic. The best estimate is marked in bold.

See also

Two other T dwarfs, announced in Bihain et al (2013):

Notes

  1. It is the nearest known star/brown dwarf in this constellation.

References

  1. Bihain, Gabriel; Ralf-Dieter Scholz, Jesper Storm, Olivier Schnurr (2013). "An overlooked brown dwarf neighbour (T7.5 at d~5pc) of the Sun and two additional T dwarfs at about 10pc". arXiv:1307.2722. Bibcode 2013arXiv1307.2722B.
  2. Dupuy, Trent J.; Liu, Michael C. (2012). "The Hawaii Infrared Parallax Program. I. Ultracool Binaries and the L/T Transition". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 201 (2): 19. arXiv:1201.2465. Bibcode:2012ApJS..201...19D. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/201/2/19. 
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