11 Puppis

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:58 | Tran: 7:48 | Set: 11:38

Alt: -6.70° Az: 118.87° Direction: East-South-East

11 Puppis is a bright giant star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Puppis.

11 Puppis visual magnitude is 4.2. Because of its moderate brightness, 11 Puppis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 11 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Puppis during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 57m 55s

Declination -22° 56’ 51”

Hour Angle 19h 16m 43s

Sideral Time 03h 14m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 56m 51s

Declination -22° 52’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 240.64°

Galactic Latitude 3.07°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 11 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.2

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -1.74

Spectral Type F7II

Color Index (B-V) 0.72

Temperature 5534K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Puppis is distant 502.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 154.08

Distance (light year) 502.31

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.026 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 11 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65228

SAO Catalogue SAO174852

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38835

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 2087

FK5 Catalogue 2615

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.9° RISE 3:58

Max altitude: 15.6° TRANSIT 7:48

Azimuth: 247.1° SET 11:38

Set Location

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