Infrared detection of the cold brown dwarf (annotated)
An infrared image of the cold brown dwarf BDR J1750+3809 taken with Gemini North’s acquisition camera for the Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph (GNIRS) and Gemini’s Near InfraRed Imager and spectrograph (NIRI). The image is a color composite showing the infrared filters in chromatic order, which is why the brown dwarf appears blue.
The image is a color composite showing the infrared filters in chromatic order, which is why the brown dwarf appears blue.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/H. Vedantham/UKIRT Hemisphere Survey
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2028b |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Nov. 9, 2020, 4 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2028 |
Size: | 2038 x 2160 px |
About the Object
Name: | BDR J1750+3809 |
Category: | Solar System |
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Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Infrared J | 1.27 μm | Gemini North GNIRS |
Infrared J | 1.25 μm | United Kingdom Infrared Telescope WFCAM |
Infrared CH4 (Short) | 1.58 μm | Gemini North NIRI |
Infrared H | 1.65 μm | Gemini North NIRI |