2 Puppis

Altitude: -43.2° Azimuth: 51.6° Direction: North-East

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

2 Puppis visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its reltive faintness, 2 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 2 Puppis:

Color of 2 Puppis ⬤

Magnitude of 2 Puppis 6.07

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

2 Puppis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -43.2°
Azimuth: 51.6°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 2 Puppis

2 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 2 Puppis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 45m 29s

Declination J2000 -14° 41’ 26”

Galactic Longitude 232.2°

Galactic Latitude 4.91°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 2 Puppis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 2 Puppis.

Visibility of 2 Puppis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 104.7° RISE 21:53

Max altitude: 23.8° TRANSIT 2:39

Azimuth: 255.3° SET 7:20

Digitized Sky Survey image of 2 Puppis

The image below is a photograph of 2 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 2 Puppis is -0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.026 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 2 Puppis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 358.64 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.014 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.026 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 2 Puppis

2 Puppis belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.11

Temperature of 2 Puppis 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

2 Puppis 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

Alternative designations of 2 Puppis

Flamsteed designation 2 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62864

SAO Catalogue SAO153363

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37843

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 2194

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS6348

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