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 skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.
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.
Key facts about 12 Puppis
12 Puppis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.
Altitude: -6.6°
Azimuth: 119.6°
Direction: East-South-East
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:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of 12 Puppis in the sky:
Visibility of 12 Puppis from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
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 are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
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.
Spectral properties of 12 Puppis
12 Puppis belongs to spectral class K2
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Puppis is situated in the HertzsprungāRussell diagram.
