DENIS J081730.0−615520

DENIS J081730.0−615520 (we’ll call it Dennis; the catalog name is just too long) is a brown dwarf in the constellation Carina. It is located 17 light years away and is the brightest T-dwarf in the night sky. It was discovered that the dwarf had hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide in its atmosphere.

Astronomical data

Radius (in Solar Radii): 0.0944 R

Diameter (in Kilometers): 131,404 km

Distance (in Light Years): 17 ly

Spectral type: T6 (Brown Dwarf)

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