Is G1.9 our Second Sun?

G1.9 near Pluto at the Galactic center

Something is disturbing Pluto and the outer planets at the edge of our solar system and is also affecting our Earth. That object may be G1.9, classified by NASA's Dave Green as a supernova remnant(SNR) which exploded 25,000 years ago but whose signal began reaching us 140 years ago, but suspected by other astronomers to be a red dwarf sun almost twice(1.9) the size of Jupiter now at its perihelion(closest approach) to our own Sun(about 60 AU).

Why is Nasa so quiet about this object, or so little information on it available? They admit it is an "exceptional object" which they have been hunting for over 50 years but give little other information. It took a team of Spanish astronomers(supposedly) to blow the lid open on what this object may really be, and Russian astronomers to confirm it. Russian space agency head, Anatoly Perminov, is alarmed by the object which he says is dislodging Kuiper Belt objects some of which hit Jupiter in 1994(Shoemaker-Levy) and more currently in July 2009. Contrary to the American story, they believe it is either a brown dwarf sun or a new planet entering our solar system. The Spanish team of astrophysicists add that G1.9 may have planets encircling it.

G1.9+03 was known as far back as 1984, and 2007 Chandra X-ray observations have shown it to have increased in size by at least 15% between 1985 and 2008 or 0.65% per year, indicating it is either expanding or getting closer to us.

Wikipedia lists its 2008 coordinates at right ascension 17h 48m 45.4s and declination -27° 10m 06s which equates to a tropical 27°29'33"Sagittarius. G1.9's rate of motion is still unclear, although it no doubt varies significantly from its perihelion to aphelion.

I used the World Space Telescope to try and locate it but the only really notable star there is 3Sagitarri;HR661, a bright orange star at right ascension 17h 27m 46s and declination -27° 50'. To observe G1.9 I had to click on the imagery section to make it appear. It appears to have been removed/blacked out or pasted. What are those red flames on its side!? Is this a real picture or an artistic rendering? Below are two images of G1.9...

above: common G1.9 rendering
right: actual Chandra image of G1.9

It's difficult at this point to tell what G.19 is exactly. There are too many rumours and not enough scientific data on it yet to determine whether it is our Sun's red dwarf binary, or the information is being witheld for some reason. There does seem to be an information void on it -at least here in the West. Hopefully, this situation will change soon, for if G1.9 is our second sun the implications are enormous.

artist's rendering of G1.9 orbit

If G1.9 has planets orbiting it, for example, such can slice through our solar system at perihelion, causing tremendous damage. The furthest orbiting body around G1.9(Nibiru?) would be especially disastrous to us as it would probably have enough distance to cross into the inner planet zone where our Earth is.

Untill, however, more solid informatrion on this mysterious object becomes available, we will just have to hold our breath and wait for more clarification.

Note: G1.9+03 should not be confused with Gliese 581 which is also a red dwarf but located at RA 15h19m26.8s and declination -07°43'20" or tropical 19°31'20"Sco.

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