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The First Brown Dwarf Discovered by the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project

  • Authors: Marc J. Kuchner, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Adam C. Schneider, Aaron M. Meisner, Joseph C. Filippazzo, Jonathan Gagné, Laura Trouille, Steven M. Silverberg, Rosa Castro, Bob Fletcher, Khasan Mokaev, and Tamara Stajic

2017 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 841 L19.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 3.

Our SPEX/IRTF spectrum of WISEA 1101+5400 (black) compared to that of SDSS J0325+0425, a field T5.5 dwarf (red). The spectra are normalized in J band. Atomic and molecular opacity sources that define the T dwarf spectral class are indicated.

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