WISE 1639−6847

WISE J163940.83−684738.6 (designation is abbreviated to WISE 1639−6847[5], or W1639[1]) is a brown dwarf of spectral class Y0-Y0.5,[1] located in constellation Triangulum Australe (it's the nearest star / brown dwarf in this constellation) at approximately 16 light-years from Earth.[2]

WISE J163940.83−684738.6
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Triangulum Australe
Right ascension 16h 39m 40.83s[1]
Declination −68° 47′ 38.6″[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type Y0-Y0.5[1]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 586±6 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: −3101±4 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)211.11 ± 0.56 mas[3]
Distance15.45 ± 0.04 ly
(4.74 ± 0.01 pc)
Other designations
GJ 12393[4],WISEPC J163940.83-684738.6[1]
WISE 1639-6847[5]
W1639[1]
Database references
SIMBADdata
WISE 1639−6847 is located in the constellation Triangulum Australe.
WISE 1639−6847 is located in the constellation Triangulum Australe.
            WISE 1639−6847
Location of WISE 1639−6847 in the constellation Triangulum Australe

Discovery

WISE 1639−6847 was discovered in 2012 by C. G. Tinney et al. from data, collected by Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Earth-orbiting satellite — NASA infrared-wavelength 40 cm (16 in) space telescope, which mission lasted from December 2009 to February 2011.

In 2012 Tinney et al. carried out follow-up observations of WISE 1639−6847 using the FourStar infrared mosaic camera mounted on the 6.5 m Magellan Baade telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile (on 2012 May 10–11 (UT)); and spectroscopy using the Folded-port Infrared Echellette (FIRE) also mounted on the 6.5 m Magellan Baade telescope (on 2012 July 10 (UT)).

In 2012 Tinney et al. published a paper in The Astrophysical Journal, where they presented discovery of a newfound by WISE Y-type brown dwarf WISE 1639−6847 (the only brown dwarf discovery, presented in the article): the paper was accepted for publication on 20 September 2012, submitted to arXiv on 27 September 2012, and published in November 2012.[1]

Physical properties

WISE 1639−6847 has absolute magnitude in J-band 22.14 ± 0.22.[1]

See also

References
  1. Tinney, Chris G.; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Wright, Edward L.; Gelino, Christopher R.; Cushing, Michael C.; Griffith, Roger L.; Salter, Graeme (2012). "WISE J163940.83–684738.6: A Y Dwarf Identified by Methane Imaging". The Astrophysical Journal. 759 (4): 60. arXiv:1209.6123. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759...60T. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/759/1/60. S2CID 119231938.
  2. Tinney, C. G.; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Cushing, Mike; Morley, Caroline V.; Wright, Edward L. (2014). "The Luminosities of the Coldest Brown Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal. 796 (1): 39. arXiv:1410.0746. Bibcode:2014ApJ...796...39T. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/796/1/39. S2CID 9038276.
  3. Fontanive, C.; Bedin, L. R.; Bardalez Gagliuffi, D. C. (February 2021). "The Y dwarf population with HST: unlocking the secrets of our coolest neighbours - I. Overview and first astrometric results". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 501 (1): 911–915. arXiv:2011.13873. Bibcode:2021MNRAS.501..911F. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa3732. S2CID 227208804.
  4. Golovin, Alex; Reffert, Sabine; Just, Andreas; Jordan, Stefan; Vani, Akash; Jahreiß, Hartmut (November 2022). "The Fifth Catalogue of Nearby Stars (CNS5)". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 670: A19. arXiv:2211.01449. Bibcode:2023A&A...670A..19G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244250. Catalogue can be accessed here.
  5. Dupuy, T. J.; Kraus, A. L. (2013). "Distances, Luminosities, and Temperatures of the Coldest Known Substellar Objects". Science. 341 (6153): 1492–5. arXiv:1309.1422. Bibcode:2013Sci...341.1492D. doi:10.1126/science.1241917. PMID 24009359. S2CID 30379513.
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