CWISE J134446.62−732053.9 Archives

Observed SOAR/TripleSpec4.1 spectra for W0727−3607 (top), W1036−5144 (middle), and W1344−7320 (bottom), with gray lines showing the full resolution and black lines showing the spectra smoothed to the resolution of the standards and binary templates (R≈150) according to their parallax-based absolute fluxes. The left-hand column depicts the best-fitting single standards (orange line) for the spectra of the three candidates while the right-hand column shows both the binary template (orange line) and the standard spectra that compose it (purple line for primary, blue line for secondary). Reduced χ 2 ν values are reported for each of the fits. -- astro-ph.SR

Astronomy & Telescopes, Brown Dwarfs, Citizen Science / Open Science, Education and Outreach, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report

An Investigation of New Brown Dwarf Spectral Binary Candidates From the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Initiative

by Keith CowingNovember 18, 2023November 18, 2023

We present three new brown dwarf spectral binary candidates: CWISE J072708.09−360729.2, CWISE J103604.84−514424.4, and CWISE J134446.62−732053.9, discovered by citizen scientists through the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project.

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