Free-floating Failed Star

Spitzer_sig13-008_1024

spitzer_sig13-008 September 5th, 2013

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

This artist's conception portrays a free-floating brown dwarf, or failed star. A new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows that several of these objects are warmer than previously thought, with temperatures about 250 to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (125 to 175 degrees Celsius).

Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5648-sig13-008-Free-floating-Failed-Star

Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy

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Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Brown Dwarf
Spitzer_sig13-008_1280
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ID
sig13-008
Subject Category
B.3.2.3  
Subject Name
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
Release Date
2013-09-05
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5648-sig13-008-Free-floating-Failed-Star
Type
Artwork
Image Quality
Good
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Equinox
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FITS Header
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Creator (Curator)
Spitzer Space Telescope
URL
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
Name
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Address
1200 E. California Blvd.
City
Pasadena
State/Province
CA
Postal Code
91125
Country
USA
Rights
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
Publisher
Spitzer Science Center
Publisher ID
spitzer
Resource ID
sig13-008.tif
Metadata Date
2013-09-05
Metadata Version
1.2
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