HIP 32349
E712264
HIP 32349 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky located in the constellation Canis Major.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hipparcos catalog object
ⓘ
star ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | 1.42 ⓘ |
| age | about 242 million years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Alpha Canis Majoris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sirius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitude | -1.46 ⓘ |
| belongsToAsterism |
Winter Hexagon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winter Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalog | Hipparcos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorIndexBMinusV | 0.00 ⓘ |
| constellation | Canis Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationJ2000 | -16° 42′ 58.02″ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 2.64 parsecs
ⓘ
about 8.6 light-years ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature | about 9940 K ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem | ICRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | -8.89° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 227.23° ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | thin disk ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation | Alpha Canis Majoris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCompanion | Sirius B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedDesignation | 9 Canis Majoris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlieseNumber | Gliese 244 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHenryDraperNumber | HD 48915 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHipparcosNumber | 32349 ⓘ |
| hasHRNumber | HR 2491 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariableType | none (essentially constant) ⓘ |
| hasWhiteDwarfCompanion | Sirius B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heliocentricRadialVelocity | -5.5 km/s ⓘ |
| isBrightestStarInNightSky | true ⓘ |
| isBrightestStarOfConstellation | Canis Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPrimaryOfSystem | Sirius binary system ⓘ |
| isStandardStar | yes ⓘ |
| luminosity | about 25.4 times solar luminosity ⓘ |
| mass | about 2.02 solar masses ⓘ |
| metallicityFeH | about +0.4 ⓘ |
| observedBy | Hipparcos satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallax | 379.21 mas ⓘ |
| properMotionDec | -1223.08 mas/yr ⓘ |
| properMotionRA | -546.01 mas/yr ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | -5.5 km/s ⓘ |
| radius | about 1.71 solar radii ⓘ |
| rightAscensionJ2000 | 06h 45m 08.917s ⓘ |
| rotationVelocityProjected | about 16 km/s ⓘ |
| spectralType | A1V ⓘ |
| systemType | binary star system ⓘ |
| visibleFromEarth | naked eye ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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