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WISE 0855-0714
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| Name |
Distance
(LY)
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Stellar
Type
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Appar
Mag
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Absol
Mag
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Location
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| WISE 0855-0714 |
7.2700
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Y2
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13.89
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Ra 08°55'10.83"
De -07°14'42.50" |
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WISE 0855-0714 (full designation WISE J085510.83−071442.5) is a (sub-) brown dwarf 2.23±0.04 parsecs (7.27±0.13 light-years) from Earth announced in April 2014 by Kevin Luhman using data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). As of 2014, WISE 0855−0714 has the third-highest proper motion (8118±8 mas/yr) after Barnard's Star (10300 mas/yr) and Kapteyn's Star (8600 mas/yr). As of 2014 it also has the fourth-largest parallax (449±8 mas) of any known star or brown dwarf, meaning it is the fourth closest extrasolar system to the Sun. It is also the coldest object of its type found in interstellar space, having a temperature in the range 225 to 260 K (−48 to −13 °C; −55 to 8 °F).
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The Place:
Willard's Real Pit BBQ
The Date:
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
The Time:
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Come out for an evening of tasty foods and stories. Everyone is welcome!
Please note: If you do not think you will arrive until after 8:00pm please post this with your attend log. Sometimes the group breaks up early, if we know you are coming late we will be sure to wait for you. Thanks!
A note about trackables: Feel free to bring them, just please don't leave them unattended on the tables, they can be accidentally lost when the tables are cleaned.