2MASS J11145133−2618235 (designation abbreviated to 2MASS 1114−2618), [3] or 2M1114−26,[2] or 2M1114−2618,[2] or 2MASS 1114−26,[4] or 2MASS J1114−2618[6]) is a nearby brown dwarf of spectral class T7.5, located in constellation Hydra[a] at approximately 18 light-years from Earth.[7]
Discovery
2MASS 1114−2618 was discovered in 2005 by C. G. Tinney et al. from the 2MASS Wide-Field T Dwarf Search (WFTS), based on observations obtained at the Anglo-Australian Telescope, Siding Spring, Australia. In 2005 Tinney et al. published a paper in The Astronomical Journal, where they presented discovery of five new brown dwarfs of spectral type T, among which also was 2MASS 1114−2618.[2]
Distance
Trigonometric parallax of 2MASS 1114−2618, measured in 2012 by Dupuy & Liu under The Hawaii Infrared Parallax Program, is 0.1792 ± 0.0014 arcsec, corresponding to a distance 5.58 ± 0.04 pc, or 18.20 ± 0.14 ly.[7]
The photometric distance estimate of 2MASS 1114−2618, published in its discovery paper in 2005, is 7 pc (22.8 ly).[2] Spectrophotometric distance estimate by Kirkpatrick et al. (2012), is 6.6 pc (21.5 ly).[8]
Proper motion
2MASS 1114−2618 has quite a large proper motion of 3043.2 mas/yr with position angle 262.75 degrees,[7] indicating motion in south-west direction on the sky. At distance 18.20 ly (assuming parallax 179.2 ± 1.4 mas),[7] corresponding tangential velocity is 80.56 km/s.[7]
See also
The other four discoveries of brown dwarfs, presented in Tinney et al. (2005):[2]
^ abcLeggett, Sandy K.; Saumon, Didier; Marley, Mark S.; Lodders, Katharina; Canty, J.; Lucas, Philip W.; Smart, Richard L.; Tinney, Chris G.; Homeier, Derek; Allard, France; Burningham, Ben; Day-Jones, Avril; Fegley, Bruce; Ishii, Miki; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Marocco, Federico; Pinfield, David J.; Tamura, Motohide (2012). "The Properties of the 500 K Dwarf UGPS J072227.51-054031.2 and a Study of the Far-red Flux of Cold Brown Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal. 748 (2): 74. arXiv:1201.2973. Bibcode:2012ApJ...748...74L. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/748/2/74. S2CID14171934.
^ abKirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gelino, Christopher R.; Cushing, Michael C.; Mace, Gregory N.; Griffith, Roger L.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; Wright, Edward L.; Eisenhardt, Peter R.; McLean, Ian S.; Mainzer, Amy K.; Burgasser, Adam J.; Tinney, Chris G.; Parker, Stephen; Salter, Graeme (2012). "Further Defining Spectral Type "Y" and Exploring the Low-mass End of the Field Brown Dwarf Mass Function". The Astrophysical Journal. 753 (2): 156. arXiv:1205.2122. Bibcode:2012ApJ...753..156K. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/156. S2CID119279752.