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About the Object	Object Name: OTS 44 where OTS = Oasa+Tamura+Sugitani Object Type: M9.5 brown dwarf; mass = 15 x mass of Jupiter Position (J2000): RA: 11 10 11.5 Dec: -76 32 13 Distance: 170 parsecs (554 light-years) Magnitude: Ks = 14.61; IRAC 3.6 microns = 13.67 Constellation: Chamaeleon
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / K. Luhman Instrument: IRAC Wavelength: 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8.0 microns Exposure Date: 2004 July 4 Exposure Time: 20.8 seconds Field of View: 5.2 x 5.2 arcminutes Release Date: 07 February 2005
Observers	Dr. Kevin Luhman -- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Giovanni Fazio -- Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Dr. Paola D'Alessia -- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Dr. Nuria Calvet -- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Dr. Lori Allen -- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Dr. Lee Hartmann -- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Dr. Thomas Megeath -- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Dr. Philip Myers -- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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