2MASS J10440942 + 0429376

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Brown dwarf
2MASS J10440942 + 0429376
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation sextant
Right ascension 10 h 44 m 9.42 s
declination + 04 ° 29 ′ 37.6 ″
Apparent brightness J-band: 15.9 mag
Typing
Spectral class L7
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Further designations:

SDSS J104409.43 + 042937.6

2MASS J10440942 + 0429376 is a brown dwarf in the constellation Sextant . It was founded in 2004 by Gillian R. Knapp et al. discovered. It belongs to the spectral class L7.

Web links

  • Entry at DwarfArchives.org (English)
  • Knapp, GR; et al .: Near-Infrared Photometry and Spectroscopy of L and T Dwarfs: The Effects of Temperature, Clouds, and Gravity . In: The Astronomical Journal, 2004, Volume 127, Number 6, pp. 3553-3578. bibcode : 2004AJ .... 127.3553K (English)