Star DENIS J175656.1-480509

Brown dwarf DENIS J175656.1-480509 is located 69 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class L0.0, that has typically about 4 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

DENIS J175656.1-480509

Brown dwarf (spectral class L0.0)

Location

Right ascension: 17h 56m 56.34s

Declination: -48° 5' 9.152'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 47.313

Sun distance: 68.936 ly | 21.1 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 7 % M Sun | 73.3 M Jupiter (estimate)

Size: 10 % R Sun (estimate)

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

More about DENIS J175656.1-480509

      DENIS J175656.1-480509 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.

Other designations of this star
Gaia EDR3 5947766235872922624

External sources

Simbad database (DENIS J175656.1-480509)

Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 5947766235872922624)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Class of stars Brown dwarf

Brown dwarfs are not really stars, because there is no thermonuclear fusion in their core. These objects are smaller and cooler than stars, but too massive to be considered planets.

Closest stars

Lambda Arae	1.4 M☉	3.7 ly
Gaia DR2 5956044179742203520	-	4.5 ly
PM J17573-5229	-	5.4 ly
Gaia EDR3 6724003200082572928	-	6.1 ly
PM J17323-4736	-	6.9 ly

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