HR 2491

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HR 2491 is the Harvard Revised (Bright Star Catalogue) designation for Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky located in the constellation Canis Major.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HR 2491 canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf star ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alpha Canis Majoris ⓘ
Sirius ⓘ
apparentMagnitude -1.46 ⓘ
associatedConstellationFigure Greater Dog ⓘ
brightestStarInNightSky true ⓘ
catalogDesignation Bright Star Catalogue ⓘ
Harvard Revised Catalogue ⓘ
colorIndexBMinusV 0.00 ⓘ
component Sirius A ⓘ
linked to: Sirius

Sirius B ⓘ
constellation Canis Major ⓘ
declination -16° 42′ 58″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly about 8.6 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc about 2.64 ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K about 9940 ⓘ
epoch J2000 ⓘ
galacticLatitude_deg about -8.9 ⓘ
galacticLongitude_deg about 227.2 ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility both hemispheres ⓘ
IAUApprovedName Sirius ⓘ
metallicity_FeH about +0.4 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_years about 50.1 ⓘ
parallax_mas about 379.2 ⓘ
primaryComponent Sirius A ⓘ
linked to: Sirius
properMotionDec_masPerYear -1223.08 ⓘ
properMotionRA_masPerYear -546.01 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec about -5.5 ⓘ
rankByBrightness 1 ⓘ
rightAscension 06h 45m 08.9s ⓘ
secondaryComponent Sirius B ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_AU about 20 ⓘ
SiriusA_instanceOf main-sequence star ⓘ
SiriusA_luminosity_solar about 25 ⓘ
SiriusA_mass_solar about 2.0 ⓘ
SiriusA_radius_solar about 1.7 ⓘ
SiriusA_spectralType A1V ⓘ
SiriusB_effectiveTemperature_K about 25200 ⓘ
SiriusB_instanceOf white dwarf ⓘ
SiriusB_mass_solar about 1.0 ⓘ
SiriusB_radius_solar about 0.0084 ⓘ
SiriusB_spectralType DA2 ⓘ
spectralType A1V ⓘ
systemType binary star system ⓘ
traditionalNameMeaning scorching ⓘ
traditionalNameOrigin Greek ⓘ
visibleFromEarth yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sirius → hasHRDesignation → HR 2491 ⓘ
HD 48915 → catalogDesignation → HR 2491 ⓘ