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public  Xiushui, China Xiushui, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:11 
Transit: 12:31 
Sunset: 19:51
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11 Puppis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:45 | Tran: 13:26 | Set: 18:07
Alt: 27.18°   Az: 196.31°   Direction: South-South-West

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.

Image of 11 Puppis star
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

07h 57m 57s
-22° 56’ 58”
01h 02m 57s
09h 00m 54s

J2000

07h 56m 51s
-22° 52’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

240.64°
3.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 11 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.2
Bright giant

-1.74
F7II
5534K

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

HR 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.

154.08
502.31
14 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO174852
SAO174852

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Xiushui, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 112.9°
Max altitude: 28.9°
Azimuth: 247.1°