WD 0137−349

WD 0137-349

WD 0137−349
Credit: legacy surveys
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Sculptor
Right ascension 01h 39m 42.847s
Declination −34° 42 39.32
Apparent magnitude (V) +15.33 ± 0.02
Characteristics
Spectral type DA + L8/T
B−V color index 0.02
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: -42.059 mas/yr
Dec.: -48.895 mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.8472±0.0367 mas
Distance331 ± 1 ly
(101.6 ± 0.4 pc)
Orbit
Period (P)0.0803 ± 0.0002
Semi-major axis (a)0.65 R
Periastron epoch (T)2453686.5276 ± 0.0001
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
27.9 ± 0.3 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
187.5 ± 1.1 km/s
Details
WD 0137-349A
Mass0.39 ± 0.035 M
Radius0.0186 ± 0.0012 R
Luminosity0.023 ± 0.004 L
Surface gravity (log g)7.49 ± 0.08 cgs
Temperature16500 ± 500 K
Age250 ± 80 Myr
WD 0137-349B
Mass0.053 ± 0.006 M
Temperature1300 to 1400 K
Other designations
2MASS J01394284-3442393, BPS CS 29504-0036
Database references
SIMBADA
B

WD 0137-349 is a binary star in the constellation of Sculptor. It is located about 330 light-years (100 parsecs) away, and appears exceedingly faint with an apparent magnitude of 15.33.

It is composed of a white dwarf with a brown dwarf in orbit around it, and is one of the few systems composed of a white dwarf and an associated brown dwarf. The brown dwarf orbits with a period of 116 minutes, or nearly 2 hours.