ULAS J154427.34 + 081926.6

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Brown dwarf
ULAS J154427.34 + 081926.6
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Snake
Right ascension 15 h 44 m 27.34 s
declination + 08 ° 19 ′ 26.6 ″
Typing
Spectral class approx T3.5
Physical Properties

ULAS J154427.34 + 081926.6 is a brown dwarf in the western part of the constellation Snake (Serpens) , which is also known as Serpens Caput. Its spectral class is approximately T3.5 and its distance is estimated to be a few dozen parsecs . The object was designed by Pinfield et al. Identified as a T dwarf in the UKIDSS Large Area Survey.

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  • Pinfield et al .: Fifteen new T dwarfs discovered in the UKIDSS Large Area Survey ; in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 390, No. 1, pp. 304ff. (2008), bibcode : 2008MNRAS.390..304P