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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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19 Puppis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:54 | Tran: 17:45 | Set: 22:36
Alt: 24.96°   Az: 169.52°   Direction: South

19 Puppis is a multiple giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Puppis.

19 Puppis visual magnitude is 4.72. Because of its moderate brightness, 19 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.

Image of 19 Puppis star
DSS2 image of 19 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Puppis during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 12m 27s
-13° 00’ 13”
23h 21m 02s
07h 33m 30s

J2000

08h 11m 16s
-12° 55’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

233.89°
11.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 19 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.72
Giant

0.95
G9III
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

19 Puppis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 19 Puppis double sysyem:

4.72
7.72
3
71 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Puppis is distant 184.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

56.69
184.81
36 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153942
SAO153942

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.0°
Max altitude: 25.5°
Azimuth: 257.0°