Celestial Object

Sirius

sirius

star

Bright star system in the Milky Way.

Object Context

Canonical Object Context and connected objects within the AstroSphere hierarchy.

Canonical Object

Sirius (sirius)

Parent

Milky Way

System

None

Reference Frame

Unavailable

Scientific Snapshot

Current Sirius position and velocity from the canonical scientific data layer.

Observation Time

Unavailable

Data Source

NASA Hubble Sirius Observation

Position

Unavailable

Velocity

Unavailable

Physical Properties

Canonical physical properties for this celestial object.

Mass Solar

2.0

Diameter Km

2400000.0

Effective Temperature K

10500.0

Distance Pc

2.6

Stellar Properties

Catalogue properties describing the stellar object or system.

System Type

binary

Primary Component

Sirius A

Companion Component

Sirius B

Provenance

Source and reference metadata for the canonical scientific data presented above.

Provider

NASA Hubble Space Telescope

Dataset

Sirius A and Sirius B

Version

Unavailable

Upstream Source

Unavailable

Reference Frames

Unavailable

Hierarchy

Ancestors

Milky Way / Universe

Children

None

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