14 Puppis

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:48 | Tran: 16:59 | Set: 21:10

Alt: -31.20° Az: 82.82° Direction: East

14 Puppis is a giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Puppis.

14 Puppis visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, 14 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 14 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Puppis during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 05m 49s

Declination -19° 48’ 05”

Hour Angle 16h 17m 40s

Sidereal Time 00h 23m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 04m 41s

Declination -19° 43’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 238.9°

Galactic Latitude 6.28°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.13

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.29

Spectral Type B3III

Color Index (B-V) -0.16

Temperature 12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Puppis is distant 1,574.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 483.09

Distance (light year) 1,574.88

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 14 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD66834

SAO Catalogue SAO153796

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39524

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 2228

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.8° RISE 12:48

Max altitude: 18.7° TRANSIT 16:59

Azimuth: 250.2° SET 21:10

Set Location

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