16 Puppis

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:42 | Tran: 7:56 | Set: 12:10

Alt: -10.32° Az: 251.87° Direction: West-South-West

16 Puppis is a sub-giant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Puppis.

16 Puppis visual magnitude is 4.4. Because of its moderate brightness, 16 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.

DSS2 image of 16 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Puppis during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 10m 08s

Declination -19° 19’ 07”

Hour Angle 05h 28m 49s

Sideral Time 13h 38m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 09m 01s

Declination -19° 14’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 239.04°

Galactic Latitude 7.4°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 16 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.4

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -1.41

Spectral Type B5IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.15

Temperature 12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Puppis is distant 472.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 144.93

Distance (light year) 472.46

Radial Speed 19 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD67797

SAO Catalogue SAO153890

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39906

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-18 2190

FK5 Catalogue 2632

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.3° RISE 3:42

Max altitude: 19.2° TRANSIT 7:56

Azimuth: 250.7° SET 12:10

Set Location

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