WISE 0607+2429

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Coordinates: Sky map 06h 07m 38.65s, +24° 29′ 53.5″

WISEP J060738.65+242953.4
Observation data
Epoch 2010.30[1]:{{{3}}}      Equinox J2000[1]:{{{3}}}
Constellation Gemini
Right ascension 06h 07m 38.65s[1]:{{{3}}}
Declination 24° 29′ 53.5″[1]:{{{3}}}
Characteristics
Spectral type L8[1]:{{{3}}}
Apparent magnitude (i) 20.02 ± 0.03[1]:{{{3}}}
Apparent magnitude (z) 16.94 ± 0.01[1]:{{{3}}}
Apparent magnitude (J (2MASS filter system)) 14.22 ± 0.03[1]:{{{3}}}
Apparent magnitude (H (2MASS filter system)) 13.04 ± 0.03[1]:{{{3}}}
Apparent magnitude (KS (2MASS filter system)) 12.47 ± 0.02[1]:{{{3}}}
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: -470 ± 10[1]:{{{3}}} mas/yr
Dec.: -330 ± 20[1]:{{{3}}} mas/yr
Distance 25.4+4.6
−3.9
[1]:{{{3}}} ly
(7.8+1.4
−1.2
[1]:{{{3}}} pc)
Details[1]:{{{3}}}
Mass 0.03—0.072 M
Luminosity 10−4.56 ± 0.09 L
Temperature 1460 ± 90 K
Other designations
WISEP J060738.65+242953.4[1]:{{{3}}}
W0607+2429[1]:{{{3}}}
2MASSW J06073908+2429574[1]:{{{3}}}
2MASS J06073908+2429574[2]:{{{3}}}
SDSS J060738.79+242954.4[1]:{{{3}}}
Database references
SIMBAD data

WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 (designation is abbreviated to W0607+2429[1]:{{{3}}}) is a brown dwarf of spectral class L8,[1]:{{{3}}} located in constellation Gemini at approximately 25 light-years from Earth.[1]:{{{3}}}

Discovery

WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 was discovered in 2012 by Castro & Gizis from data, collected by Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Earth-orbiting satelliteNASA infrared-wavelength 40 cm (16 in) space telescope, which mission lasted from December 2009 to February 2011. There are also precovery identifications of this object in Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) data (observation epoch 1998.11) and in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) (DR7) (observation epoch 2006.98).[1]:{{{3}}} In 2012 Castro & Gizis published a paper in The Astrophysical Journal, where they presented discovery of a newfound by WISE L-type brown dwarf WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 (a single discovery, presented in the article).[1]:{{{3}}}

Distance

Trigonometric parallax of WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 is not yet measured. Therefore, there are only distance estimates of this object, obtained by indirect — spectrophotometric — means (see table).

WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 distance estimates

Source Parallax, mas Distance, pc Distance, ly Ref.
Castro & Gizis (2012) 7.8+1.4
−1.2
25.4+4.6
−3.9
[1]:{{{3}}}

Non-trigonometric distance estimates are marked in italic.

Physical properties

WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 has temperature 1460 ± 90 K and bolometric luminosity 10−4.56 ± 0.09 Solar luminosities (the estimates are based on the object's spectral class (L8)).[3]:{{{3}}} Mass estimates, determined from this temperature, are from 0.03 (for an assumed age 0.5 Gyr) to 0.072 (for an assumed age 10 Gyr) Solar masses, anyway below the hydrogen-burning limit, which implies that WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 is not a true star, but only a substellar object.[3]:{{{3}}}

See also

L-type brown dwarfs, presented in Kirkpatrick et al. (2011):[4]:{{{3}}}

L-type brown dwarf, presented in Gizis et al. (2011):[3]:{{{3}}}

L-type brown dwarf, presented in Gizis et al. (2012):[5]:{{{3}}}

M-type brown dwarf, presented in Kirkpatrick et al. (2011):[4]:{{{3}}}

References

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