WISEPA J174124.26+255319.5
WISEPA J174124.26+255319.5 is a brown dwarf of spectral class T9, located in constellation Hercules at approximately 15.2 light-years from Earth.
WISE 1741+2553 Credit: legacy surveys
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is a NASA infrared astronomy space telescope in the Explorers Program launched in December 2009. WISE discovered thousands of minor planets and numerous star clusters. Its observations also supported the discovery of the first Y-type brown dwarf and Earth trojan asteroid.
WISE performed an all-sky astronomical survey with images in 3.4, 4.6, 12 and 22 μm wavelength range bands, over ten months using a 40 cm (16 in) diameter infrared telescope in Earth orbit.
WISE spacecraft
Scheme of the spacecraft
Scheme of the telescope
Scheme of the instruments