2MASS J03454316 + 2540233

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Brown dwarf
2MASS J03454316 + 2540233
Observation
dates equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation bull
Right ascension 03 h 45 m 43.16 s
declination + 25 ° 40 ′ 23.3 ″
parallax (37.1 ± 0.5) mas
Typing
Spectral class L0
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Further designations:

2MASP J0345432 + 254023; V1226 Tauri

2MASS J03454316 + 2540233 is an L-dwarf in the constellation Taurus . It was discovered in 1997 by J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Charles A. Beichman & Michael F. Skrutskie. The object is used as a spectroscopic standard for the spectral class L0. Its position shifts every year by 0.1024 arc seconds due to its own motion .

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