Star WISE 1741+2553

Brown dwarf WISE 1741+2553 is located 19 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class T9, that has typically about 3 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

WISE 1741+2553

Brown dwarf (spectral class T9)

Location

Right ascension: 17h 41m 24.22s

Declination: 25° 53' 18.96'' (northern hemisphere)

Parallax: 176

Sun distance: 18.532 ly | 5.7 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 0.02 M Sun | 21 M Jupiter (estimate)

Size: 0.06 R Sun (estimate)

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

More about WISE 1741+2553

      Nearby brown dwarf WISE 1741+2553 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.

Other designations of this star
WISEPA J174124.26+255319.5, EQ J1741+2553, 2MASS J17412462+2553343, WISEP J174124.25+255319.5

External sources

Simbad database (WISEP J174124.25+255319.5)

Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Class of stars Brown dwarf

Brown dwarfs are not really stars, because there is no thermonuclear fusion in their core. These objects are smaller and cooler than stars, but too massive to be considered planets

Closest stars

Distance (Light Years)		Mass (Solar mass)	Planets


4.4	2MASS 1835+3259	0.05 M_☉

6.9	Furuhjelm 46	0.32 M_☉ 0.29 M_☉

7.6	70 Ophiuchi	0.9 M_☉ 0.7 M_☉

8.6	Gliese 686	0.42 M_☉	1

8.7	Mu Herculis Aa	1.11 M_☉ 0.32 M_☉ 0.39 M_☉ 0.44 M_☉

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Star WISE 1741+2553

WISE 1741+2553

Location

Basic characteristic

Photometry

Two new brown dwarfs discovered close to the Solar system