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The nearest star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star at a distance of 4.243 ly. Its surface
temperature is estimated to 3042 K and its apparent magnitude is mbol = 7.77. What is the absolute
magnitude of Proxima Centauri?
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