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Brown Dwarfs in our Backyard
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The third closest star system to the sun, called WISE J104915.57-531906, center of large image, which was taken by NASA WISE. It appeared to be a single object, but a sharper image from Gemini Observatory, revealed that it was binary star system.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineBrown Dwarfs in our Backyard. NASA/JPL, 2014-03-07. Public domain. ID: PIA17992.