Van Maanen's Star

Van Maanen's Star

Union Star System

This dim object is located only about 14.4 light-years (ly) from, Sol. . As a white dwarf stellar remnant, van Maanen's Star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Its significance as a very close Solar neighbor was discovered in 1917 by Adriaan van Maanen (1884-1946) who, in comparing photographs made between 1914 and 1917, noticed its high proper motion of 2.98" annually.

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Colonized during the Second Exodus – First Colonists arrived in 2110 -

System consists of two Star components  Now the system is commonly refered to as Van Maanen's.

The system consists of a very faint brown dwarf companion known as Brown Baby,  6 planets, 24 major moons and extensive Asteroid belt.

There are two Jovian type Gas giants.

The Planets are: Planet Mansa was raided by Neo Vikings. The System saw two major space battles first during the 4th Intergalactic War. Nogoll and other GC forces occupied Mansa for almost a year.
 * Malusa
 * Mansa
 * New Sahara
 * Snow White
 * Blue Djinn
 * Foggy

The Battle of Shame 3593 and the Battle of Mansa 3594

Today it is a well developed system with a population of about  7 Billion. There is a Class A Space Port and 2 Class B Space Ports..

Industry and commerce is diverse.