WISE 1049-5319

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WISE 1049-5319

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Also known as: Luhman 16

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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
It discovered a brown-dwarf binary, WISE 1049−5319, which was the third nearest star system after Alpha Centauri and Barnard’s star; these two objects were also the closest brown dwarfs to the Sun. WISE was also sensitive to emissions from young distant galaxies in which stars are forming. Because these galaxies…
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It discovered a brown-dwarf binary, WISE 1049−5319, which was the third nearest star system after Alpha Centauri and Barnard’s star; these two objects were also the closest brown dwarfs to the Sun. WISE was also sensitive to emissions from young distant galaxies in which stars are forming. Because these galaxies…
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