10 Puppis

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:38 | Tran: 17:18 | Set: 21:59

Alt: -10.81° Az: 100.42° Direction: East

10 Puppis is a supergiant star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Puppis.

10 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, 10 Puppis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 10 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 10 Puppis during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 53m 28s

Declination -14° 54’ 47”

Hour Angle 18h 05m 16s

Sidereal Time 01h 58m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 52m 18s

Declination -14° 50’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 233.16°

Galactic Latitude 6.26°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.69

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -2.11

Spectral Type F1I

Color Index (B-V) 0.37

Temperature 7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 10 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 10 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

10 Puppis is distant 1,185.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 363.64

Distance (light year) 1,185.45

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 10 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64238

SAO Catalogue SAO153520

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38427

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 2250

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 10 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.9° RISE 12:38

Max altitude: 23.6° TRANSIT 17:18

Azimuth: 255.1° SET 21:59

Set Location

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