Van Maanen's StarA very old and therefore cool white dwarf.It is the nearest single white dwarf. Constellation: Pisces Age: ca. 10 billion years Distance: 14.13 light-years Spectral class: DZ7 Visual magnitude: 12.38 Luminosity: 0.000182 * Sun Mass: 0.7 * Sun Diameter: 0.013 * Sun Radial velocity: 54 km/sec Back: List of the nearest stars |
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