diff --git a/src/unxt/_quantity/distance.py b/src/unxt/_quantity/distance.py
index 7b4db86..bb2254b 100644
--- a/src/unxt/_quantity/distance.py
+++ b/src/unxt/_quantity/distance.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=import-error, no-member, unsubscriptable-object
 #    b/c it doesn't understand dataclass fields
 
-__all__ = ["AbstractDistance", "Distance", "Parallax"]
+__all__ = ["AbstractDistance", "Distance", "Parallax", "DistanceModulus"]
 
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from dataclasses import KW_ONLY
@@ -143,7 +143,35 @@ def parallax(self) -> "Parallax":
     @property
     def distance_modulus(self) -> Quantity:
         """The distance modulus."""
-        return self.distance.distance_modulus  # TODO: shortcut
+        return self.distance.distance_modulus  # TODO: specific shortcut
+
+
+##############################################################################
+
+
+class DistanceModulus(AbstractDistance):
+    """Distance modulus quantity."""
+
+    def __check_init__(self) -> None:
+        """Check the initialization."""
+        if self.unit != u.mag:
+            msg = "Distance modulus must have units of magnitude."
+            raise ValueError(msg)
+
+    @property
+    def distance(self) -> Distance:
+        """The distance."""
+        return Distance(10 ** (self.value / 5 + 1), "pc")
+
+    @property
+    def parallax(self) -> Parallax:
+        """The parallax."""
+        return self.distance.parallax  # TODO: specific shortcut
+
+    @property
+    def distance_modulus(self) -> "DistanceModulus":
+        """The distance modulus."""
+        return self
 
 
 # ============================================================================
@@ -159,6 +187,19 @@ def constructor(
     return cls(xp.asarray(d.value, dtype=dtype), d.unit)
 
 
+@Distance.constructor._f.register  # type: ignore[no-redef]  # noqa: SLF001
+def constructor(
+    cls: type[Distance],
+    value: DistanceModulus | Quantity["mag"],
+    /,
+    *,
+    dtype: Any = None,
+) -> Distance:
+    """Construct a `Distance` from a mag through the dist mod."""
+    d = 10 ** (value.to_units_value("mag") / 5 + 1)
+    return cls(xp.asarray(d, dtype=dtype), "pc")
+
+
 @Parallax.constructor._f.register  # type: ignore[no-redef]  # noqa: SLF001
 def constructor(
     cls: type[Parallax], value: Distance | Quantity["length"], /, *, dtype: Any = None