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Loading contentMaru is a white dwarf in the constellation Volans (Volantis), lying about 75.85 light-years from Earth.
| Spectral type | DQ5 |
| Apparent magnitude | 13.92 |
| Absolute magnitude | 12.09 |
| Luminosity (Sun = 1) | 0.001 |
| Colour index (B−V) | 0.05 |
| Distance | 75.85 ly (23.26 pc) |
Values are real catalogue data; fields without a reliable value are omitted, never estimated.
A white dwarf is the hot, dense core left when a Sun-like star sheds its outer layers. No longer fusing, it cools and fades over billions of years.
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Aggregated, openly-licensed star catalogue combining Hipparcos, the Yale Bright Star Catalogue, and the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars.
High-precision parallax, magnitude, and position for ~118,000 stars.