Calculating distance using absolute and apparent visual magnitudes

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Bugsy23

Is there an equation for calculating the distance of a star if you have the values for apparent visual magnitude and absolute visual magnitude?

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You can use

[tex]\log D = \frac{m-M}{5}+1.513[/tex]

Where:
M is absolute magnitude
m is apparent magnitude
D is the distance in light years.