WISE 0607+2429
Star in the constellation Gemini
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WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 (designation is abbreviated to W0607+2429[1]) is a brown dwarf of spectral class L8,[1] located in the constellation Gemini at approximately 25 light-years from Earth.[1]
| Observation data Epoch 2010.30[1] Equinox J2000[1] | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Gemini[2] |
| Right ascension | 06h 07m 38.65s[1] |
| Declination | +24° 29′ 53.5″[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | L8[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (i) | 20.02 ± 0.03[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (z) | 16.94 ± 0.01[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (J (2MASS filter system)) | 14.22 ± 0.03[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (H (2MASS filter system)) | 13.04 ± 0.03[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (KS (2MASS filter system)) | 12.47 ± 0.02[1] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: -472.871[3] mas/yr Dec.: -318.464[3] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 138.0616±0.5185 mas[3] |
| Distance | 23.62 ± 0.09 ly (7.24 ± 0.03 pc) |
| Details[1] | |
| 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] W0607+2429[1] 2MASSW J06073908+2429574[1] 2MASS J06073908+2429574[4] SDSS J060738.79+242954.4[1] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Discovery
WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 was discovered in 2012 by Castro & Gizis from data collected by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Earth-orbiting satellite—NASA infrared-wavelength 40 centimetres (16 in) space telescope, whose 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] In 2012 Castro & Gizis published a paper in The Astrophysical Journal, where they presented discovery of a newfound WISE L-type brown dwarf WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 (a single discovery, presented in the article).[1]
Distance
Physical properties
WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 has a temperature of 1460 ± 90 K and bolometric luminosity of 10−4.56 ± 0.09 Solar luminosities (the estimates are based on the object's spectral class (L8)).[5] Mass estimates, determined from this temperature, are from 0.03 (for an assumed age of 0.5 Gyr) to 0.072 (for an assumed age of 10 Gyr) Solar masses, below the hydrogen-burning limit, which implies that WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 is not a star, but a substellar object.[5]
While some researchers had claimed that WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 may be viewed from its pole, or may rotate slowly because of its narrow spectral lines, later work demonstrated that both of these claims were unlikely.[6] This latter study estimated that the size of the radio-emitting magnetosphere is approximately 107 m.
See also
- List of star systems within 20–25 light-years
- WISE 0031−3840 (L2 pec (blue))
- WISE 0049+0441 (L9)
- WISE 0206+2640 (L9 pec (red))
- WISE 1311+3629 (L5 pec (blue))
- WISE 1348+6603 (L9)
- WISE 1647+5632 (L9 pec (red))
- WISE 1830+4542 (L9)
- WISE 2327−2730 (L9)
- WISE 1800+0134 (L7.5)
- WISE 0106+1518 (M8 pec)