The First Ultra-cool Brown Dwarf Discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 726; no. 1; pp. 30 - jQuery1323912172192='48'
• Main Authors: Mainzer, A, Cushing, Michael C, Skrutskie, M, Gelino, C. R, Kirkpatrick, J. Davy, Jarrett, T, Masci, F, Marley, Mark S, Saumon, D, Wright, E, Beaton, R, Dietrich, M, Eisenhardt, P, Garnavich, P, Kuhn, O, Leisawitz, D, Marsh, K, McLean, I, Padgett, D, Rueff, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.01.2011; IOP
• Subjects: Astronomy; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; Binoculars; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; GEOLOGIC SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; INFRARED SURVEYS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; Space telescopes; Spaceborne telescopes; Spectra; STARS; Sun; Temperature; Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer; Spectroscopy; Late type stars; Mixing; Atmosphere model; infrared: stars; Effective temperature; Signal-to-noise ratio; Spectral type; Sun; Infrared surveys; brown dwarfs; stars: late-type; Low-mass stars; Brown dwarf stars; Solar neighborhood; stars: low-mass; Infrared star

We report the discovery of the first new ultra-cool brown dwarf (BDs) found with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The object's preliminary designation is WISEPC J045853.90+643451.9. Follow-up spectroscopy with the LUCIFER instrument on the Large Binocular Telescope indicates that...