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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HIP 32349 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hipparcos catalog object ⓘ
star ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV 1.42 ⓘ
age about 242 million years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alpha Canis Majoris ⓘ
Sirius ⓘ
apparentMagnitude -1.46 ⓘ
belongsToAsterism Winter Hexagon ⓘ
Winter Triangle ⓘ
catalog Hipparcos ⓘ
linked to: Hipparcos satellite
colorIndexBMinusV 0.00 ⓘ
constellation Canis Major ⓘ
declinationJ2000 -16° 42′ 58.02″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 2.64 parsecs ⓘ
about 8.6 light-years ⓘ
effectiveTemperature about 9940 K ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS ⓘ
galacticLatitude -8.89° ⓘ
galacticLongitude 227.23° ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation Alpha Canis Majoris ⓘ
hasCompanion Sirius B ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation 9 Canis Majoris ⓘ
hasGlieseNumber Gliese 244 ⓘ
hasHenryDraperNumber HD 48915 ⓘ
hasHipparcosNumber 32349 ⓘ
hasHRNumber HR 2491 ⓘ
hasVariableType none (essentially constant) ⓘ
hasWhiteDwarfCompanion Sirius B ⓘ
heliocentricRadialVelocity -5.5 km/s ⓘ
isBrightestStarInNightSky true ⓘ
isBrightestStarOfConstellation Canis Major ⓘ
isPartOf Milky Way ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Sirius → hasHIPDesignation → HIP 32349 ⓘ
HD 48915 → catalogDesignation → HIP 32349 ⓘ
Gliese 244 → HIPDesignation → HIP 32349 ⓘ