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J band (infrared)
In
infrared astronomy
, the
J band
refers to an
atmospheric transmission window
centred on 1.
25
micrometres
.
Betelgeuse
is the brightest near-IR
source
in
the sky
with a J
band
magnitude
of
−2
.99. The next
brightest stars
in the J band are
Antares
,
R Doradus
,
Arcturus
, and
Aldebaran
. In the J band
Sirius
is the
9th
brightest star
.