White dwarf
Image of the Sirius system taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Sirius B, which is the closest white dwarf to Earth, can be seen as a faint point of light to the lower left of the much brighter Sirius A.
Characteristics
TypeClass of stellar remnant.
Mass rangeUp to 1.44 M
Temperature4000–40000+ K
Average luminosity0.01-0.0001 L
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