We calculate the homotopy type of the Brown–Comenetz dual class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870815003321&_mathId=si1.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870815003321&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=03691fae943c324cf9d5db3cc3464ad0" title="Click to view the MathML source">I2class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> of the class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870815003321&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870815003321&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=9baa6cec324f717cc951f2ed373687d6" title="Click to view the MathML source">K(2)class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">-local sphere at the prime 3 and show that there is an equivalence in the class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870815003321&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870815003321&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=9baa6cec324f717cc951f2ed373687d6" title="Click to view the MathML source">K(2)class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">-local category between class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870815003321&_mathId=si1.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870815003321&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=03691fae943c324cf9d5db3cc3464ad0" title="Click to view the MathML source">I2class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> and a smash product of the determinant twisted sphere and an exotic element P in the Picard group. We give a characterization of P as well. A secondary aim of the paper is to extend our library of calculations in the class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870815003321&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870815003321&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=9baa6cec324f717cc951f2ed373687d6" title="Click to view the MathML source">K(2)class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">-local category.