2MASS J12373919 + 6526148

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Brown dwarf
2MASS J12373919 + 6526148
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Dragon
Right ascension 12 h 37 m 39.2 s
declination + 65 ° 26 ′ 15 ″
Apparent brightness J-band: approx. 16 mag
parallax (96.07 ± 4.78) mas
Typing
Spectral class T6.5e
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Further designations:

2MASSI J12373919 + 6526148 • 2MASSW J1237392 + 652615

2MASS J12373919 + 6526148 is a brown dwarf in the constellation Dragon . It belongs to the spectral class T6.5, its effective temperature is estimated at around 800 to 850  Kelvin .

swell

  • Liebert, James; Burgasser, Adam J .: On the Nature of the Unique Hα-emitting T Dwarf 2MASS J12373919 + 6526148 ; in: The Astrophysical Journal , Vol. 655, No. 1, pp. 522ff. (2007), bibcode : 2007ApJ ... 655..522L
  • Burgasser et al .: Discovery of Four Field Methane (T-Type) Dwarfs with the Two Micron All-Sky Survey ; in: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 522, No. 1, pp. L65-L68 (1999), bibcode : 1999ApJ ... 522L..65B
  • Vrba et al .: Preliminary Parallaxes of 40 L and T Dwarfs from the US Naval Observatory Infrared Astrometry Program ; in: The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 127, No. 5, pp. 2948ff. (2004), bibcode : 2004AJ .... 127.2948V