Re: Discovery of New Nearby Star

From: Alfio Puglisi (puglisi@arcetri.astro.it)
Date: Sat Feb 15 2003 - 14:11:41 MST

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    On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Jonathan Standley wrote:

    >Is this discovery of a 'hidden' star right in our backyard, so to speak,
    >really improbable, or are these low-luminosity stars a common occurrence?

    Low luminosity stars are extremely common. It's entirely possible that,
    among the millions of visibile stars with magnitude of 18+ (that is, very
    very faint), some more brown dwarfs very close to us are "hiding".

    Ciao,
    Alfio



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