12 Puppis

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:29 | Tran: 9:17 | Set: 13:04

Alt: -34.75° Az: 275.51° Direction: West

12 Puppis is a supergiant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Puppis.

12 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.11. Because of its faintness, 12 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 00m 09s

Declination -23° 22’ 44”

Hour Angle 07h 47m 58s

Sideral Time 15h 48m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 59m 05s

Declination -23° 18’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 241.28°

Galactic Latitude 3.29°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 12 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.11

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.80

Spectral Type K2

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 785.54

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 12 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65699

SAO Catalogue SAO174932

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39023

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 2104

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 12 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.4° RISE 5:29

Max altitude: 15.1° TRANSIT 9:17

Azimuth: 246.6° SET 13:04

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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