WISE 1506+7027
star in the constellation Ursa Minor
WISEPC J150649.97+702736.0 is a brown dwarf star of the spectral class T6.[1][2] It is located in the constellation Ursa Minor. The star is one of the Sun's nearest neighbors, at a distance of 16.85 light years. Brown dwarfs closer to the Sun include Luhman 16 and WISE 0855−0714. Other brown dwarfs that may be closer to the Sun includes the ε Indi star system at 11.8 light-years and WISE 0350-5658 at 17.7 light years.
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- ↑ Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gelino, Christopher R.; Cushing, Michael C.; Mace, Gregory N.; Griffith, Roger L.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; Wright, Edward L.; Eisenhardt, Peter R.; McLean, Ian S.; Mainzer, Amanda K. (2012-07-10). "Further Defining Spectral Type "Y" and Exploring the Low-mass End of the Field Brown Dwarf Mass Function". The Astrophysical Journal. 753 (2): 156. arXiv:1205.2122. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/156. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 119279752.
- ↑ "WISE 1506+7027". Galnet Wiki. Retrieved 2022-11-07.