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
Distance12.7—26.1[1] ly
(3.9−8.0[1] pc)
Characteristics
Spectral type T8[1]
Other designations
WISE J200050.19+362950.1[1]
Database references
SIMBADdata

WISE J2000+3629 (full designation is WISE J200050.19+362950.1) is a nearby brown dwarf of type T8, located in constellation Cygnus at 12.7—26.1 light-years from Earth.[1]

Discovery

WISE J2000+3629 was discovered in 2014 by Cushing et al.[1]

Distance

WISE J2000+3629 distance estimates

Source Parallax, mas Distance, pc Distance, ly Distance, Pm Ref.
Cushing et al. (2014) 5.6±1.7[nb 1] 18.3±5.5 172.8±52.5 [1]
Cushing et al. (2014) 7.2±0.8[nb 2] 23.5±2.6 222.2±24.7 [1]
Cushing et al. (2014) 5.95±2.05[nb 3] 19.4±6.7 183.6±63.3 [1]

Non-trigonometric distance estimates are marked in italic. The most precise estimate is marked in bold.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ Based on H-band magnitude. In the article: 3.9−7.3 pc.
  2. ↑ Based on W2 magnitude. In the article: 6.4−8.0 pc.
  3. ↑ In the article: 3.9−8.0 pc.