21 Puppis
Above the horizon.
Rise: 3:09 | Tran: 7:41 | Set: 12:13
Alt: 7.18°
Az: 127.89°
Direction: South-East
21 Puppis is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Puppis.
21 Puppis visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its faintness, 21 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 21 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 21 Puppis during the next
10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 21 Puppis.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 21 Puppis.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 21 Puppis is situated in the HertzsprungāRussell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 21 Puppis.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
21 Puppis is distant 857.89 light years from the Sun
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
Today's 21 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):