The brown dwarf LP 944-20

The sky field with the nearby Brown Dwarf LP 944-20 at the centre, as photographed in blue (B), red (R) and near-infrared (IR) light (reproduced from the Digital Sky Survey [STScI Digitized Sky Survey, (C) 1993, 1994, AURA, Inc. all rights reserved - cf. http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss]). The object (at the arrow) is obviously very red. Another much younger Brown Dwarf, Cha HA 2 , has one.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0220a
Type:Collage
Publicatiedatum:1 augustus 2002
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0220
Grootte:1721 x 555 px

Over het object

Naam:LP 944-20
Type:Milky Way : Star : Type : Brown Dwarf
Afstand:15 lichtjaren
Categorie:Stars

Afbeeldingstypen

Grote JPEG
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Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Infrarood
I
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Optisch
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Optisch
B
Digitized Sky Survey 2