As the star's luminosity increases the observed planet brightness decreases. Therefore this search is ideal for planets around K M and L stars. The selected source 2M1207 is a brown dwarf of Spectral type M8. 2M1207b estimated to have a mass of 3–10 Jupiter masses . It has a companion exoplanet 2M1207b which the first exoplanet detected by direct imaging around a brown dwarf.