2 Puppis

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:55 | Tran: 7:37 | Set: 12:18

Alt: 14.31° Az: 137.93° Direction: South-East

2 Puppis is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Puppis.

2 Puppis visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, 2 Puppis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 2 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Puppis during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 46m 37s

Declination -14° 45’ 08”

Hour Angle 21h 11m 18s

Sideral Time 04h 57m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 45m 29s

Declination -14° 41’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 232.2°

Galactic Latitude 4.91°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 2 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.07

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.11

Temperature 8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

2 Puppis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 2 Puppis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.07

Secondary star magnitude 6.87

Magnitude difference 0.8

Separation 16.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Puppis is distant 358.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 110.01

Distance (light year) 358.64

Radial Speed 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 2 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62864

SAO Catalogue SAO153363

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37843

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 2194

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS6348

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.8° RISE 2:55

Max altitude: 23.8° TRANSIT 7:37

Azimuth: 255.2° SET 12:18

Set Location

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