Brown Dwarf I (2001)
This is an example of what a brown dwarf might look like. Brown dwarfs are objects
that form like stars, but do not have enough mass to ignite main-sequence nuclear
reactions. They are thus not true stars, and may in fact be closer to planets such as
Jupiter in appearance. There is evidence that they have banded cloud patterns like
those of the giant planets (as this image shows), but some brown dwarfs will also
glow to a certain extent, a little like very weak stars.
