The Chronicles of Local Space

A fictional exploration of nearby star systems

Sirius

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The Sirius System
Right Ascension 06h 45m
Declination −16° 43'
Distance 8.580 ± 0.030 ly
Star Sirius A Sirius B
Spectral Class A1V DA2
Estimated Mass 2.02 × Sol 0.98 × Sol
Luminosity 22.61 × Sol 0.00255 × Sol
Notes White dwarf

Star charts
Sirius
as seen from Sol.
Sol as seen from
Sirius.
Sirius as seen from Sol Sol as seen from Sirius
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Brightest stars as seen from Sirius
Includes all stars of magnitude 1.00 and brighter
Star Magnitude Distance
Procyon −1.31 5.2
Canopus −0.67 302.3
Alpha Aurigae (Capella) −0.06 40.1
Rigel 0.16 855.0
Arcturus 0.20 41.2
Achernar 0.41 136.6
Betelgeuse 0.42 490.3
Beta Centauri (Hadar) 0.61 391.3
Vega 0.64 33.2
Aldebaran 0.68 61.0
Alpha Crucis (Acrux) 0.76 319.6
Pollux 0.80 28.6
Spica 0.99 250.8

Local Space

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Stargates in this system
Destination Distance
Omicron2 Eridani A 10.9
Gliese 229 A 10.5
Gliese 250 A 20.1
Procyon B 5.2
Sol 8.6

Details for this system are not yet ready.

Further reading

Fictional depictions of the Sirius system

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Just the facts.

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