Methane Brown Dwarf
Part of the NTT Deep Field, with the new Methane Brown Dwarf NTTDF J1205-0744 at the centre. The field measures 1.3 x 1.3 arcmin 2. The object is well visible in the SOFI infrared exposure (left) in the J-band at wavelength 1.25 µm, but not in the SUSI one at a shorter wavelength (right) in the i-band at 0.8 µm. North is up and East is left.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9942a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 18 August 1999 |
| Related releases: | eso9942 |
| Size: | 3000 x 1449 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NTTDF J1205-0744 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Type : Brown Dwarf • X - Stars |
| Distance: | 300 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared I |
800 nm | New Technology Telescope SUSI |
| Infrared J |
1.25 μm | New Technology Telescope SofI |

