10 Puppis

Altitude: -44.0° Azimuth: 309.9° Direction: North-West

10 Puppis is a supergiant star in the constellation of Puppis.

10 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its reltive faintness, 10 Puppis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 10 Puppis:

Color of 10 Puppis ⬤

Magnitude of 10 Puppis 5.69

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

10 Puppis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -44.0°
Azimuth: 309.9°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 10 Puppis

10 Puppis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 10 Puppis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 52m 18s

Declination J2000 -14° 50’ 47”

Galactic Longitude 233.16°

Galactic Latitude 6.26°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 10 Puppis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 10 Puppis.

Visibility of 10 Puppis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 104.8° RISE 11:16

Max altitude: 23.7° TRANSIT 15:57

Azimuth: 255.2° SET 20:37

RIGHT NOW 10 Puppis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 10 Puppis

The image below is a photograph of 10 Puppis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 10 Puppis is -0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 10 Puppis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 1,185.45 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 10 Puppis

10 Puppis belongs to spectral class F1 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -2.11

Spectral Type F1I

Color Index (B-V) 0.37

Temperature of 10 Puppis 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

Alternative designations of 10 Puppis

Flamsteed designation 10 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64238

SAO Catalogue SAO153520

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38427

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 2250

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis