- Stars with a name
- Maru
Maru
Maru is a white dwarf, in the constellation Volans. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1950.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Very faint: you’ll need a telescope. Apparent magnitude 13.92.
What it’s like
It gives off about 0.10% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 9,500 degrees.
It is 75.9 light years away: 718 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1950: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.