12 Puppis

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

12 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.11. Because of its reltive faintness, 12 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 12 Puppis:

Color of 12 Puppis ⬤

Magnitude of 12 Puppis 5.11

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 12 Puppis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 12 Puppis

12 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 12 Puppis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 59m 05s

Declination J2000 -23° 18’ 38”

Galactic Longitude 241.28°

Galactic Latitude 3.29°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 12 Puppis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 12 Puppis.

Visibility of 12 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 12 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: 113.3° RISE 12:47

Max altitude: 15.2° TRANSIT 16:35

Azimuth: 246.7° SET 20:23

RIGHT NOW 12 Puppis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 12 Puppis

The image below is a photograph of 12 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 12 Puppis is -0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 12 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Puppis during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 12 Puppis from the Sun and relative movement

12 Puppis is distant 785.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 240.96 pc

Distance (light year) 785.54 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 12 Puppis

12 Puppis belongs to spectral class K2

Absolute magnitude -1.80

Spectral Type K2

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature of 12 Puppis 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 12 Puppis

Flamsteed designation 12 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65699

SAO Catalogue SAO174932

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39023

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 2104

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis