18 Puppis
18 Puppis is a double main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.
18 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its reltive faintness, 18 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 18 Puppis:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 18 Puppis
18 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 18 Puppis are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of 18 Puppis in the sky:

Visibility of 18 Puppis from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's 18 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of 18 Puppis
The image below is a photograph of 18 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 18 Puppis is -0.251 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.061 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of 18 Puppis from the Sun and relative movement
18 Puppis is distant 73.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of 18 Puppis
18 Puppis belongs to spectral class F6 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 18 Puppis is situated in the HertzsprungāRussell diagram.

18 Puppis star system properties
18 Puppis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 18 Puppis double sysyem: