Luhman 16 - The closest Brown Dwarfs to Earth

In our local galactic neighbourhood, lying 3rd closest to the earth is Luhman 16, this is a binary brown dwarf system. This star system consists of two brown dwarf stars. Luhman 16A is a L class brown dwarf. It would glow faintly red to our eyes. Studies have suggested that Luhman 16A has large bands similar to a gas giant planet.

Luhman 16B is a T class brown dwarf. This would glow faintly pink or purple to our eyes. These brown dwarfs orbit their common centre of mass with a distance of roughly 3.5 astronomical units

Picture credits

Star and constellation maps NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Constellation figures based on those developed for the IAU by Alan MacRobert of Sky and Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott and Rick Fienberg) svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3895

Luhman 16 Pictures
NASA/IPAC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
NASA/JPL/Gemini Observatory/AURA/NSF, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
ESO/I. Crossfield www.eso.org/public/unitedkingdom/images/eso1404g/