Van Maanen's Star

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5161.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5161. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Stars, Individual Stellar Objects

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This star in the constellation of Pisces, although faint, is of much importance as it is the nearest readily observable white dwarf—a class of star of considerable significance in studies of stellar evolution. The white dwarfs Sirius B and Procyon B are both closer, but their proximity to their much brighter companions makes them very difficult to study as individual stars....

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