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OTS 44

Chamæleon I 27, Cha I 27

Brown dwarf in Chamæleon

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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	None
HD	None
Other Designations	OTS 44, Cha I 27
Constellation	Chamæleon
Right Ascension	11h 10m 9s
Declination	-76° 32' 18"
Distance	554 light years 170 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +14.61 Absolute: +7.95
Spectral Class	M9.5 probable brown dwarf
Optimum Visibility	March (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	OTS 44 is an object within the star-forming region known as Chamæleon I, with approximately twelve times the mass of Jupiter. Its nature has not been definitively established; it is probably a brown dwarf, but might conceiably be a particularly massive rogue extrasolar planet.

This infrared view shows objects within the stellar nursery of Chamæleon I, with OTS 44 being a tiny, faint object by comparison with the numerous brighter surrounding stars. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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