2MASS J02361794 + 0048548

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Brown dwarf
2MASS J02361794 + 0048548
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation whale
Right ascension 02 h 36 m 17.94 s
declination + 00 ° 48 ′ 54.8 ″
Typing
Spectral class L6
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Further designations:

SDSSp J023617.93 + 004855.0

2MASS J02361794 + 0048548 is a brown dwarf in the constellation Whale . It was identified as a brown dwarf on the basis of optical and infrared spectroscopy (Geballe et al. 2002) and belongs to the spectral class L6.

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