WISE J0521+1025
Location of WISE J0521+1025 in the constellation Orion | |
| Observation data Epoch 2012.773 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Orion |
| Right ascension | 05h 21m 26.349s |
| Declination | 10° 25′ 27.41″ |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | T7.5 |
| Apparent magnitude (J (2MASS)) | 15.262 |
| Apparent magnitude (H (2MASS)) | 15.222 ± 0.103 |
| Apparent magnitude (Ks (2MASS)) | 14.665 |
| Apparent magnitude (w1 (WISE)) | 14.098 ± 0.031 |
| Apparent magnitude (w2 (WISE)) | 12.286 ± 0.026 |
| Apparent magnitude (w3 (WISE)) | 10.306 ± 0.085 |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +223.7±2.5 mas/yr Dec.: −438.3±2.5 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 150.2±3.0 mas |
| Distance | 21.7 ± 0.4 ly (6.7 ± 0.1 pc) |
| Details | |
| Temperature | 727±88 K |
| Other designations | |
| WISE J052126.29+102528.4 WISE J0521+1025 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
WISE J0521+1025 is a nearby brown dwarf of spectral type T7.5, located in the constellation Orion at approximately 21.7 light-years (6.7 parsecs) from Earth.
At the time of discovery, it was the nearest known T dwarf in the northern sky.