Post by ET_Explorer on Apr 28, 2019 6:48:45 GMT
The 'star' was ULAS J224940.13-011236.9, an L-type sub-stellar brown dwarf near the Aquarius-Pisces border
Located 248 light-years distant, ULAS J2249-0112 (for short) weighs in at just around 15 Jupiter masses,
with a radius about a 1/10th that of our Sun; any tinier, and it wouldn't even rank as a sub-stellar brown dwarf.
Source SIMBAD
Super Flare Star ULAS J2249-0112.kmz (971 B)
Located 248 light-years distant, ULAS J2249-0112 (for short) weighs in at just around 15 Jupiter masses,
with a radius about a 1/10th that of our Sun; any tinier, and it wouldn't even rank as a sub-stellar brown dwarf.
Source SIMBAD
Super Flare Star ULAS J2249-0112.kmz (971 B)