19 Puppis

Above the horizon. Rise: 7:03 | Tran: 13:41 | Set: 20:16

Alt: 43.89° Az: 73.20° Direction: East-North-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 08h 12m 28s

Declination -13° 00’ 15”

Hour Angle 20h 59m 40s

Sidereal Time 05h 12m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 11m 16s

Declination -12° 55’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 233.89°

Galactic Latitude 11.19°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.72

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.95

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature 4866K

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

Main star magnitude 4.72

Secondary star magnitude 7.72

Magnitude difference 3

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 56.69

Distance (light year) 184.81

Radial Speed 36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.025 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD68290

SAO Catalogue SAO153942

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40084

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 2385

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS6647

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Hope Valley, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Adelaide):

Azimuth: 103.0° RISE 7:03

Max altitude: 68.2° TRANSIT 13:41

Azimuth: 257.0° SET 20:16

Name:	Hope Valley, Australia
Latitude:	34° 49' 59.9" S
Longitude:	138° 41' 60.0" E
Timezone:	Australia/Adelaide

Set Location

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