The brown dwarf LP 944-20
The sky field with the nearby Brown Dwarf LP 944-20 at the centre, as photographed in blue (B), red (R) and near-infrared (IR) light (reproduced from the Digital Sky Survey [STScI Digitized Sky Survey, (C) 1993, 1994, AURA, Inc. all rights reserved - cf. http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss]). The object (at the arrow) is obviously very red. Another much younger Brown Dwarf, Cha HA 2 , has one.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0220a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 1 August 2002 |
| Related releases: | eso0220 |
| Size: | 1721 x 555 px |
About the Object
| Name: | LP 944-20 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Brown Dwarf |
| Distance: | 15 light years |
| Category: | Stars |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Infrared I | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |