![]() WISE J2000+3629 is the orange object in the center. It is located in a crowded field near the galactic plane. Credit: unWISE | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Cygnus |
Right ascension | 20h 00m 50.198s |
Declination | 36° 29′ 50.18″ |
Astrometry | |
Parallax (π) | 133.4 ± 2.2 mas [1] |
Distance | 24.4 ± 0.4
ly (7.5 ± 0.1 pc) |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | T8 [2] |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Location of WISE J2000+3629 in the constellation
Cygnus |
WISE J2000+3629 (full designation is WISE J200050.19+362950.1) in astronomy is a nearby brown dwarf with a temperature less than 700 Kelvin ( spectral type T8), located in the constellation Cygnus. Parallax measurement suggest it is 24.4 light-years from Earth, [1] making it one of the nearest known brown dwarfs to the Sun. It was discovered in 2014.
WISE J2000+3629 was discovered in 2014 by Michael Cushing et al [2] using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope.
![]() WISE J2000+3629 is the orange object in the center. It is located in a crowded field near the galactic plane. Credit: unWISE | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Cygnus |
Right ascension | 20h 00m 50.198s |
Declination | 36° 29′ 50.18″ |
Astrometry | |
Parallax (π) | 133.4 ± 2.2 mas [1] |
Distance | 24.4 ± 0.4
ly (7.5 ± 0.1 pc) |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | T8 [2] |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Location of WISE J2000+3629 in the constellation
Cygnus |
WISE J2000+3629 (full designation is WISE J200050.19+362950.1) in astronomy is a nearby brown dwarf with a temperature less than 700 Kelvin ( spectral type T8), located in the constellation Cygnus. Parallax measurement suggest it is 24.4 light-years from Earth, [1] making it one of the nearest known brown dwarfs to the Sun. It was discovered in 2014.
WISE J2000+3629 was discovered in 2014 by Michael Cushing et al [2] using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope.