Staracle Certified Star Naming Entry

White Hound from Black Hills

Sonny, the whippet king of Summit Lake and Black Hills. Mr. Buns, Surgie Sassikoff, and always a puppy at heart. His buttertop forehead, all-seeing brown eyes, and tremendous heart, watch over us all.

The star has a magnitude of 9.31 mag and is at a distance of 499.5 light years. It is at coordinates 5.3346° (declination) and 4h 0m 27.24s (right ascension). Your star is in the constellation of Taurus (Bull, read more on this constellation).

This star is named to:

It was named on:

December 22, 2012

It was named by:

gwen pope

Dedication:

Sonny, the whippet king of Summit Lake and Black Hills. Mr. Buns, Surgie Sassikoff, and always a puppy at heart. His buttertop forehead, all-seeing brown eyes, and tremendous heart, watch over us all.

Declination

5.3346°

Right ascension

4h 0m 27.24s (60.11349°)

The magnitude (brightness) is measured on a logarithmic scale. Small numbers mean bright stars: A star with a brightness of 1 mag is 100 times brighter that an star with 6 mag.

Magnitude

9.31 mag

The distance is measured in light years (LY). A light year is the distance, that light travels within one year. 1 LJ is equal to about 5,878,630,000,000 miles.

Distance

499.5499.5 ly

Tycho-Identifier

79:923:1

HIP-Identifier

18709

Spectral type

F5

Color index

0.56

Every star belongs to a constellation, and 12 of those constellations are part of the zodiac.

Constellation

Taurus (Bull)

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