Newly discovered binary star system only 6.5 light years from Earth

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It is lovingly named WISE J104915.57-531906

The distance was calculated using parallax.  Both stars appear to be brown dwarfs.

The paper: http://science.psu.edu/alert/photos/research-photos/astro/Luhman_ApJL_32013.pdf

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  1. Todd Christensen March 11, 2013 at 3:46 pm

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