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Teide 1 was the first brown dwarf to be verified in 1995. It is located in the Pleiades open star cluster approximately 400 light-years (120 pc) from Earth.The apparent magnitude of this faint object is 17.76 which is so faint that it can only seen in large amateur or bigger telescopes. Its absolute magnitude is 12.38.This object is more massive than a planet (55 ± 15 MJ) but less massive than a star (0.052 MSun).

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