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.

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 27s

Declination -13° 00’ 13”

Hour Angle 23h 21m 02s

Sidereal Time 07h 33m 30s

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 Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.0° RISE 12:54

Max altitude: 25.5° TRANSIT 17:45

Azimuth: 257.0° SET 22:36

Set Location

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