2MASS J15230657-2347526
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Brown dwarf 2MASS J15230657-2347526 |
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| Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Libra | ||
| Right ascension | 15 h 23 m 6.57 s | ||
| declination | -23 ° 47 ′ 52.6 ″ | ||
| Apparent brightness | ~ 20 (R) mag | ||
| distance | ~ 60 ly (~ 19 pc ) |
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| Spectral class | L2.5 | ||
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2MASS J15230657-2347526 is a brown dwarf in the constellation Libra, about 60 light-years from Earth . It was published in 2007 by Tim R. Kendall et al. discovered.
It belongs to the spectral class L2.5. Its position shifts by 0.347 arc seconds annually due to its own motion .
Web links
- Entry at DwarfArchives.org (English)
- Kendall, TR; et al .: New nearby, bright southern ultracool dwarfs . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2007, Volume 374, Number 2, pp. 445-454. bibcode : 2007MNRAS.374..445K (English)