Sirius B

Sirius B on March 15, 2019 at 19:40UT

Taken by Giuseppe Donatiello

TecnoSky SLD Apo 102/714 + MaxCam 3M (ROI) @f/35

 

(J2000) RA: 06h 45m 08.91728s Dec: −16° 42′ 58.0171″

Mag(v): Sirius A -1.47, Sirius B 8.44

 

Sirius system consisting of a white main-sequence star of spectral type A1V, termed Sirius A, and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DA2, called Sirius B. The distance separating Sirius A from B between 8.2 and 31.5 AU.

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