Star WISE 1541-2250
Sub-brown dwarf WISE 1541-2250 is located 20 light years away from the Sun.
It is a single star of spectral class Y0.5, that has 1 % of solar mass.
For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
More about WISE 1541-2250
and temperature on its surface is around 350 K (77 °C), which is about 6 % of Sun's temperature.
WISE 1541-2250 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
WISEPA J154151.66−225025.2, WISE J154151.65-225024.9, EQ J1541-2250
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Class of stars Sub-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. Brown dwarfs of spectral class Y are the coolest and only a few of them have been discovered so far.
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Right ascension: 15h 41m 51.57s
Declination: -22° 50' 25.03'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax: 166.9
Sun distance: 19.542 ly | 6 pc
Temperature: 350 K | 0.06 T Sun
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