Onmar
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Proper name | Ascor/Pagalan |
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Constellation | Triangulum |
Galaxy | Triangulum Galaxy |
Distance | 2825861.648 ly |
Characteristics | |
Absolute m | 14.8+15.7 |
Spectral type | DZ8+M6V |
Mass | 0.2 MSun+0.2 MSun |
Radius | 0.008 RSun+0.1 RSun |
Planets | 3 |
Onmar is a cataclysmic variable binary star system of the DQ Herculis type. It is the host of a small system of three planets, Gehrels, Khait, and Parchione. It consists of a rare white dwarf pulsar named Ascor and a red dwarf companion named Pagalan, which orbit each other every 6 hours at a separation of 855,000 km. Being the nearest pulsar to Caloris, it has attracted a significant amount of interest from astronomers due to the system's exotic nature.