WISEPA J022623.98−021142.8

WISE 022−−0211 (also known as WISEPA J022623.98−021142.8) is a brown dwarf binary with a combined spectral type of T7.^[4] Its individual components have a spectral type that is as of now somewhat uncertain at T8–T8.5 for the primary and T9.5-Y0 for the secondary.^[2]

ConstellationCetus

Right ascension02^h 26^m 24.20^s

Declination−02° 11′ 37.7″

Evolutionarystagebrown dwarf

Quick facts Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000, Constellation ...

WISE 0226−0211

Keck image of WISE 0226−0211AB Credit: Keck Observatory; Brooks et al.[1]
Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	02h 26m 24.20s
Declination	−02° 11′ 37.7″
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage	brown dwarf
Spectral type	T8+Y0[2]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)	RA: -294.4 ±1.4 mas/yr[3] Dec.: -432.3 ±1.2 mas/yr[3]
Parallax (π)	56.3±2.5 mas[3]
Distance	58 ± 3 ly (17.8 ± 0.8 pc)
Details[3]
WISE 0226−0211A
Temperature	686 ± 79 K
WISE 0226−0211B
Temperature	511 ± 79 K
Position (relative to WISE 0226−0211A)[2]
Component	WISE 0226−0211B
Angular distance	2.1″
Other designations
CNS5 617, WISEA J022623.99−021142.7, WISEP J022623.98−021142.8, WISE J022623.98−021142.8, EQ J0226−0211
Database references
SIMBAD	data

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The object was first discovered in 2011 with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and follow-up observations with Keck revealed a spectral type of T7.^[4] In 2019 the same team showed that the object is a common proper motion binary with a separation of 2.1 arcseconds from Spitzer images and one H-band Keck image (acquired by David Ciardi). The H-ch2 colors suggest a spectral type of about T8–T8.5 for the primary and about Y0 for the secondary. The absolute magnitudes on the other hand suggest spectral types of about T8–T8.5 for the primary and about T9.5–Y0 for the secondary. It is suspected that the combined spectral type of T7 is in error.^[2]