★ Star Sirius | Nearby stars catalogue

Sirius A

White-Blue star (spectral class A0mA1 Va)

Mass: 2.063 M Sun

Size: 1.711 R Sun

Temperature: 9882 K | 1.71 T Sun

Age: 0.24 billions years | 0.05 Sun

Luminosity: 25.4 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): -1.46

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Sirius B

White dwarf (spectral class DA1.9)

Mass: 1.018 M Sun

Size: 0.0084 R Sun | 0.1 R Jupiter

Temperature: 26083 K | 4.51 T Sun

Age: 0.228 billions years | 0.05 Sun

Luminosity: 0.056 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 8.44

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

More about Sirius

      Nearby star Sirius can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is observable also from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
Dog Star, Aschere, Canicula, Al Shira, Sothis, Alhabor, Mrgavyadha, Lubdhaka, Tenrōsei, α Canis Majoris (α CMa), 9 Canis Majoris (9 CMa), HD 48915, HR 2491, BD−16°1591, GJ 244, LHS 219, ADS 5423, LTT 2638, HIP 32349, alf CMa, Gaia EDR3 2947050466531873024

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (* alf CMa B )

Closest stars

Distance (Light Years)		Mass (Solar mass)	Planets


4.8	WISE 0855−0714	0.01 M_☉

5.2	Procyon	1.5 M_☉ 0.6 M_☉

5.3	WISE J0722-0540	0.02 M_☉

5.4	Ross 614	0.22 M_☉ 0.11 M_☉

5.7	Luytens Star	0.26 M_☉	4

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