List of brown dwarfs


This is a list of notable brown dwarfs. These are objects that have masses between heavy gas giants and low-mass stars. The first isolated brown dwarf discovered was Teide 1 in 1995. The first brown dwarf discovered orbiting a star was Gliese 229 B, also discovered in 1995. The first brown dwarf found to have a planet was 2M1207, discovered in 2004., more than 2,800 brown dwarfs have been identified. An isolated object with less than about 13 Jupiter masses is technically a sub-brown dwarf or rogue planet.
Because the mass of a brown dwarf is between that of a planet and that of a star, they have also been called planetars or hyperjovians. Various catalog designations have been used to name brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs with names ending in a letter such as B, C, or D are in orbit around a primary star; those with names ending in a lower-case letter such as b, c, or d, may be exoplanets.
Some exoplanets, especially those detected by radial velocity, can turn out to be brown dwarfs if their mass is higher than originally thought: most have only known minimum masses because the inclination of their orbit is not known. Examples include HD 114762 b, Pi Mensae b, and NGC 2423-3 b.
A complete list of more than 3,000 ultracool dwarfs, which includes brown dwarfs and low-mass stars, is being maintained by astronomers. It is called the UltracoolSheet. The same team also produced a list of 1,000 ultracool dwarfs with their mass being determined.

Confirmed brown dwarfs orbiting primary stars

Sorted by increasing right ascension of the parent star. Brown dwarfs within a system sorted by increasing orbital period.
Some brown dwarfs listed could still be massive planets.
StarConstellationRight
ascension
DeclinationApp.
mag.
Distance Spectral
type
Brown dwarfMass
Radius
Orbital
period

Semimajor
axis

Ecc.Discovery
year
54 PisciumPisces5.8836.1K0V+T7.5B45.96 ±4.050.854762006
81 CancriCancer6.7766G9V+L8CD8802001
HD 63754Puppis6.55163.6G0V + L/Tb81.90.8626,79116.90.262024
CT ChamaeleontisChamaeleon12.36538K7+M8b172.24402008
HD 984Cetus7
.32
149.1F7Vb611.57651,100280.762015
Eta Coronae BorealisCorona Borealis5.0258.3G2+G2+L8C44.00 ±6.460.953,6002010
G 196-3Ursa Major11.7750.2M2.5+L3βb31.66 ±7.191.183001998
Gliese 570Libra5.6419.0K4V+
M1V+M3V
D32.54 ±6.010.931,5002000
GU PisciumPisces13.1155.3M3V+T3.5b112,0002006
HD 89744Ursa Major5.74126.2F7IVB2000
HD 100546Musca6.70337.25B9Vneb206.5?2005
HN PegasiPegasus58.3G0V+T2.5B17.06 ±6.91.147952006
UScoCTIO 108Scorpius473M7b146702007
HD 41004 BPictor12.33139K1IV+M2b18.41.32830.01770.0812004
CoRoT-15Monoceros22F7Vb63.41.123.060360.04502010
Xi Ursae Majoris BUrsa Major4.7325.11F8.5Vb373.980.0601931
Upsilon AndromedaeAndromeda4.6343.9F8VSamh13.98237.70.8220.2241999
Gliese 758Lyra6.3651.9G8V+T9B2396212009
Tau GeminorumGemini4.40302K2IIIb18.13052004
HAT-P-13Ursa Major10.62698G4c15.2428.51.1860.6912009
HD 16760Perseus8.74163G5Vb14.3465.11.130.0672009
HD 13189Triangulum7.57603.4K2IIb14471.61.850.282005
HD 8673Andromeda6.31124.75F7Vb146391.582005
Gliese 569Boötes10.231.5M3V+M8.5Ba + Bb1168700.870.3171988
HD 29587Perseus7.29146.77G2Vb401,471.72.50.371996
ChaHα8Chamaeleon20.1522M6.5b181,590.910.492007
CoRoT-20Monoceros14.664000G2Vc171,6752.90.62010
HD 168443Serpens6.92123.5G5c341,739.52.870.2282001
HD 38529 AOrion5.94138G4IVc372,174.33.680.362002
Epsilon IndiIndus4.6911.8K5V+T1V+T6VBb285,478.752.652003
HW VirginisVirgo10.9590sdB+Mb19.235,7865.300.462008
DT VirginisVirgo9.7237.55M0V+T8.5pc10.29 ±2.461.1533,08111002010
HD 4113Sculptor7.88136G5V+T9C6073,000202006
Gliese 229Lepus8.1419M1V+T6.5B4073,050401995
TYC 9486-927-1Octans11.82111M1V+L3γ2MASS J2126-814013.3 ± 1.7328,725,0006,9002009
Epsilon IndiIndus4.6911.8K5V+T1V+T6VBa471,532,899.82003
HD 131664Apus8.13180.8G3Vb18.151,9513.170.6382008
HD 136118Serpens6.94171F9Vb421,2091.450.3522002
HD 140913Corona Borealis8.07156.42G0Vb46147.940.540.611996
GQ Lupi bLupus11.4400K7eV+M9eb1–421.81032005
HD 162020Scorpius9.18101.95K2Vb15.08.4281980.07510.2772000
Nu OphiuchiOphiuchus3.33152.8K0IIIb21.95360.132004
HD 164427Telescopium6.89127.52G4IVb46108.550.460.552000
SCR 1845-6357Pavo17.412.57M8.5VB40-504.12006
COROT-3Aquila13.32220G0Vb21.661.014.25680.05702008
V921 ScorpiiScorpius11.04833B0IVeb608352019
15 SagittaeSagitta5.8057.7G1V+L4-5B65142002
Zeta DelphiniDelphinus4.65220A3V+L5B559102014
HD 202206Capricornus8.08151.14G6Vb17.4255.870.830.4352000
Koenigstuhl1Phoenix15.387.4M5.5V+L0.6VB51.88 ±3.61.182,083.41998
HD 126053Virgo6.356.9G1+T8pB34.29 ±18.380.912,6302012
47 OphiuchiOphiuchus4.5105.3F3+L5.5B69.66 ±0.880.938,8502014
Wolf 1130Cygnus13.954.1sdM3+ONe+sdT8C44.90.823,1502013

Confirmed brown dwarf orbiting stellar remnants

A stellar remnant can be for example a white dwarf, a pulsar or a black hole. Objects with a mass of a brown dwarf, but with a history of mass-transfer might not be brown dwarfs. If they exist as a period bouncer around a white dwarf they are thought to once have been stars and are today "brown dwarf-like objects". Objects around black widow pulsars on the other hand are thought to be white dwarfs that lost mass to the pulsar and therefore will differ in composition and density compared to brown dwarfs. This list is sorted after the discovery year.
StarConstellationRight
ascension
DeclinationApp.
mag.
Distance Spectral
type
Brown dwarfMass
Radius
Orbital
period

Semimajor
axis

Ecc.Discovery
year
GD 165Boötes14.6103D4A+L4B76.12 ±1.040.911231988
WD 0137-349Sculptor15.33330DA+L8B530.08030.003002006
PHL 5038Aquarius17.3240DAZ+L8-9B73662006
SDSS J1433 Boötes18.9760WD+L1B58 ±80.0542008/2016
SDSS 1557Serpens18.6500DAZ+L4B0.0950.0032011/2017
QZ Librae Libra18.8649WD+T?B25-610.0642018
BW Sculptoris Sculptor16.5305D+TB53.4 ±6.30.0540.00271997/2023

Unconfirmed brown dwarfs

Sorted by increasing right ascension of the parent star. Brown dwarfs within a system sorted by increasing orbital period.
Some brown dwarfs listed could still be massive planets.
StarConstellationRight
ascension
DeclinationApp.
mag.
Distance Spectral
type
Brown dwarfMass
Radius
Orbital
period

Semimajor
axis

Ecc.Discovery year
CM DraconisDraco12.9048M4b64730.271998
BD+20°2457Leo9.75652K2IIb21.42379.631.450.152009
HD 3346Andromeda5.16655.58K5IIIc606502.51996
HD 104304Virgo5.5442.1G9b17.22,7520.382007
HD 154857Ara7.25220G5Vc18.42,900>0.252007
Gliese 22 BCassiopeia10.38326M2.5Vb16~5,50002008

Field brown dwarfs

Data updated from and merged from previous tables
Brown dwarfConstellationRight
ascension
DeclinationApp.
mag.
Distance Spectral
type
Mass
Radius
Discovery
year
2MASS 0036+1821Pisces12.4728.6L3.5420.942000
CFBDS J005910.90–011401.3Cetus18.0830T8.5232013
DENIS-P J020529.0−115925ACetus65L5.51997
DENIS-P J020529.0−115925BCetus65L81997
DENIS-P J020529.0−115925CCetus65T01997
2MASS J02431371−2453298Fornax35T6330.992002
WISE J0254+0223Cetus16.0124T8651.9n/a
DEN 0255-4700Eridanus22.9216.2L8800.972006
LP 944-20Fornax10.72520.9M9β731.43n/a
2MASP J0345432+25402388L0741.051997
Teide 1Taurus380M8553.781995
2MASS J03552337+1133437Taurus14.0529.8L5γ201.322006
2MASS J04151954−0935066Eridanus15.718.6T8300.952002
Eridanus29.5L6.5480.972003
2MASS J04414489+2301513470M8.5192010
2MASS J0523−1403Lepus40L2.5681.01n/a
2MASS 0532+8246Camelopardalis81L7832018
UGPS J072227.51-054031.2Monoceros13.4T9260.982010
DENIS J081730.0-615520Carina13.616.1T6440.942010
DENIS J082303.1−491201AVela67L1.5442006
DENIS J082303.1−491201BVela67L5.5282006
2MASSW J0920122+351742Lynx95L6.52000
2MASSI J0937347+293142Leo20.0T6p420.942002
2MASS 0939−2448Antlia16.8317.4T8320.952005
Luhman 16BVela6.516T1431.022013
Luhman 16AVela6.516L8401.012013
DENIS-P J1058.7−1548Crater14.15549L3641.001997
Cha 110913-773444Chamaeleon21.59163L81.82005
OTS 44Chamaeleon554M9.5V152005
2MASS J11145133−2618235Hydra15.8618.2T7.5330.962005
DENIS-P J1228.2-1547Corvus14.3866L51999
2M 1237+6526Draco16.0545.6T6.5410.942003
Kelu-1AHydra61L2630.981997
Kelu-1BHydra61L4580.981997
LHS 2924Boötes19.7438.5M9V761.06
CFBDSIR 1458+10ABoötes19.83104T911.11.52010
CFBDSIR 1458+10BBoötes21.85104Y091.32010
TVLM 513-46546Boötes15.0935.1M8.5V751.05n/a
2MASS 1503+2525Boötes20.7T5440.942003
2MASS 1507−1627Libra1923.9L5600.992000
SDSSp J162414.37+002915.6Serpens36T6430.941999
LSR J1835+3259Lyra18.2718.5M8.5771.072003
PSO J318.5−22Capricornus80L7VL-G6.51.532013
2MASS J21392676+0220226Aquarius14.7132.1T1.5460.96n/a
2MASS J22282889-4310262Grus15.6635T6420.942013
WISE 0146+4234Andromeda18.7120.5Y02010
WISE 0226-0211Cetus18.9491T72010
WISE 0313+7807Cepheus17.6528T8.52010
WISE 0316+4307Perseus106.3T82010
WISE 0350-5658Reticulum22.817.7Y12010
WISE 0359-5401Reticulum21.5619.2Y02010
WISE 0410+1502Taurus19.2520Y061.172010
WISE 0458+6434ACamelopardalis17.5035.9T8.5154.22010
WISE 0458+6434BCamelopardalis18.4835.9T9.5103.82010
WISE 0535-7500Mensa21.147Y12010
WISE 0607+2429Gemini14.2225.4L82010
WISE 0647-6232Pictor22.6528Y12010
WISE 0713-2917Canis Major19.6423.2Y02010
WISE 0734-7157Volans20.4134.9Y02010
WISE 1217+1626AComa Berenices18.5934.2T9122010
WISE 1217+1626BComa Berenices20.2634.2Y062010
WISE 1405+5534Ursa Major20.225.3Y0 pec300.862010
WISE 1506+7027Ursa Minor14.3311.1T62010
WISE 1541-2250Libra21.1620Y0.52010
WISE 1639-6847Triangulum Australe16.3Y02010
WISE 1711+3500Hercules17.8960.3T82010
WISE 1738+2732Hercules19.4720Y02010
WISE 1741+2553Hercules16.5318.9T92010
WISE 1828+2650Lyra23.5736Y22010
WISE 1841+7000Draco17.24131.1T52010
WISE 1952+7240Draco15.0944.4T42010
WISE 2056+1459Delphinus19.2124.5Y02010
WISE 2220-3628Grus20.3826.4Y02010
WISEA 1101+5400Ursa Major11h 01m 25.95s+54° 00′ 52.8″111T5.52017
2M1510Libra15h 10m 47.47s−28° 18′ 18.3″120M9γ+M9γ2002

Former brown dwarfs

StarConstellationRight
ascension
DeclinationApp.
mag.
Distance Spectral
type
Brown dwarfMass
Radius
Orbital
period

Semimajor
axis

Ecc.Discovery year
L 34-26Chamaeleon35.6M3VeCOCONUTS-2b400,000,00075062011