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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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2 Puppis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:34 | Tran: 17:16 | Set: 21:57
Alt: 22.70°   Az: 165.64°   Direction: South-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.

Image of 2 Puppis star
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

07h 46m 39s
-14° 45’ 13”
23h 05m 15s
06h 51m 54s

J2000

07h 45m 29s
-14° 41’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

232.2°
4.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 2 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.07
Main-sequence

0.86
A2V
8932K

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

HR 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:

6.07
6.87
0.8
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.

110.01
358.64
24 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153363
SAO153363

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°
Max altitude: 23.8°
Azimuth: 255.2°