Luhman 16
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Luhman 16 is a binary system of two brown dwarfs, located in the southern constellation Vela at a distance of 6.51 light-years from the Sun. These are the closest-known brown dwarfs and the closest sy
Luhman 16 with VLT's MUSE instrument in visible light
WISE image of Luhman 16. In the GMOS image in the inset, it is resolved into a pair.
2013 Chelyabinsk meteor trace
WISE 0855−0714
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WISE 0855−0714 is a brown dwarf of spectral class Y4, located 7.4 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Hydra. It is the fourth-closest stellar or substellar system to the Sun and was discover
Luhman 16
…the triple Alpha Centauri system (4.344 ly) and Barnard's Star (5.98 ly), pushing Wolf 359 (7.78 ly) to the fifth place, along with the discovery of WISE 0855−0714. It also holds several records: the nearest brown dwarf, the nearest L-type dwarf, and possibly the nearest T-type dwarf (if component B is of T-type…
JWST NIRCam observation of W0855 (orange "star" at the center) showing the movement over about half a year