DENIS J081730.0-615520 [SEP] constellation
DENIS J081730.0−615520
DENIS J081730.0−615520 (also known as 2MASS 08173001−6155158) is a T brown dwarf approximately away in the constellation Carina. It was discovered by Etienne Artigau and his colleagues in April 2010. The star belongs to the T6 spectral class implying a photosphere temperature of about 950 K. It has a mass of about 15 M (Jupiter masses) or about 1.5% the mass of the Sun.
DENIS J081730.0-615520 is the second-nearest isolated T dwarf to the Sun (after UGPS J0722−0540) and the fifth
DENIS-P J1058.7−1548
DENIS-P J1058.7-1548 is a brown dwarf of spectral type L3, located in constellation Crater at approximately 17.3 parsecs or 56.5 light-years from Earth. With a surface temperature of between 1700 and 2000 K, it is cool enough for clouds to form. Variations in its brightness in visible and infrared spectra suggest it has some form of atmospheric cloud cover.
See also.
- Deep Near Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky
- DENIS-P J1228.2-1547
- DENIS