3 Puppis

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:21 | Tran: 7:23 | Set: 10:25

Alt: -40.33° Az: 272.57° Direction: West

3 Puppis is a supergiant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Puppis.

3 Puppis visual magnitude is 3.96. Because of its moderate brightness, 3 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 3 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Puppis during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 44m 48s

Declination -29° 00’ 55”

Hour Angle 07h 57m 44s

Sideral Time 15h 42m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 43m 48s

Declination -28° 57’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 244.38°

Galactic Latitude -2.54°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 3 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.96

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -26.04

Spectral Type A2I

Color Index (B-V) 0.18

Temperature 8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Puppis is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 10,000,000.00

Distance (light year) 32,600,000.00

Radial Speed 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 3 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62623

SAO Catalogue SAO174400

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37677

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-28 4774

FK5 Catalogue 2601

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 3 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.0° RISE 4:21

Max altitude: 9.5° TRANSIT 7:23

Azimuth: 241.0° SET 10:25

Set Location

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