WISE J2030+0749 is a nearby brown dwarf of spectral type T1.5,[2][3] in the constellation Delphinus, approximately 31.7 light-years (9.7 parsecs) from Earth.[1]

History of observations

The discovery of WISE J2030+0749 was announced in 2013 by Mace et al.[2] and independently by Bihain et al.[3]

Mace et al. selected T-type brown dwarf candidates from the WISE All-Sky source catalogue and carried out follow up observations using a variety of telescopes. On September 11, 2011 WISE J2030+0749 was observed using SpeX at the Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). The discovery paper was submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, accepted for publication on 2013 January 15 and published in March, 2013. The total number of brown dwarfs announced in Mace et al. (2013) is 87, all are of T-type.[2]

Bihain et al. selected sources with colours typical for T dwarfs from the WISE All-Sky source catalogue and checked them for high proper motion using older surveys: 2MASS, DENIS, SDSS, SSS, DSS and UKIDSS. Three objects among about ten candidates, including WISE J2030+0749, were selected for spectroscopic follow up with the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). On November 8, 2012 Bihain et al. carried out follow up observations of WISE J2030+0749 with near-Infrared spectrograph LUCI 1 on LBT. On June 25, 2013 Astronomy & Astrophysics received the discovery paper, which was accepted for publication 10 July 2013.[3]

Distance

The distance of WISE J2030+0749 was estimated by Bihain et al. using mean absolute magnitudes of single T1/T2 dwarfs, derived by Dupuy & Liu (2012) from trigonometric parallaxes:[4] 10.5 ± 2.6 pc (34.2 ± 8.5 ly).[3]

Its parallax was later measured by the Gaia space telescope, with the Gaia DR3 parallax corresponding to a distance of 9.73±0.08 pc (31.7±0.2 ly).[1]

See also

Two other T dwarfs, announced in Bihain et al (2013):

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Mace, Gregory N.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Cushing, Michael C.; Gelino, Christopher R.; Griffith, Roger L.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; Wright, Edward L.; Eisenhardt, Peter R.; McLean, Ian S.; Thompson, Maggie A.; Mix, Katholeen; Bailey, Vanessa; Beichman, Charles A.; Bloom, Joshua S.; Burgasser, Adam J.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Hinz, Philip M.; Knox, Russell P.; Lowrance, Patrick J.; Marley, Mark S.; Morley, Caroline V.; Rodigas, Timothy J.; Saumon, Didier; Sheppard, Scott S.; Stock, Nathan D. (2013). "A Study of the Diverse T Dwarf Population Revealed by WISE". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 205 (1): 6. arXiv:1301.3913. Bibcode:2013ApJS..205....6M. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/205/1/6. S2CID 10535516.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Bihain, Gabriel; Scholz, Ralf-Dieter; Storm, Jesper; Schnurr, Olivier (2013). "An overlooked brown dwarf neighbour (T7.5 at d~5pc) of the Sun and two additional T dwarfs at about 10pc". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 557: A43. arXiv:1307.2722. Bibcode:2013A&A...557A..43B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322141. S2CID 118454396.
  4. ^ Dupuy, Trent J.; Liu, Michael C. (2012). "The Hawaii Infrared Parallax Program. I. Ultracool Binaries and the L/T Transition". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 201 (2): 19. arXiv:1201.2465. Bibcode:2012ApJS..201...19D. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/201/2/19. S2CID 119256363.
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