3 Puppis

3 Puppis is a supergiant star in the constellation of Puppis.

3 Puppis visual magnitude is 3.96. Because of its moderate brightness, 3 Puppis should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 3 Puppis:

Color of 3 Puppis ⬤

Magnitude of 3 Puppis 3.96

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 3 Puppis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 9°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 3 Puppis

3 Puppis is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 3 Puppis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 43m 48s

Declination J2000 -28° 57’ 16”

Galactic Longitude 244.38°

Galactic Latitude -2.54°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 3 Puppis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 3 Puppis.

Visibility of 3 Puppis from your location

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

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

Azimuth: 119.0° RISE 16:28

Max altitude: 9.6° TRANSIT 19:31

Azimuth: 241.0° SET 22:34

RIGHT NOW 3 Puppis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 3 Puppis

The image below is a photograph of 3 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 3 Puppis is 0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 3 Puppis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 32,600,000.00 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 3 Puppis

3 Puppis belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -26.04

Spectral Type A2I

Color Index (B-V) 0.18

Temperature of 3 Puppis 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

Alternative designations of 3 Puppis

Flamsteed designation 3 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62623

SAO Catalogue SAO174400

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37677

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-28 4774

FK5 Catalogue 2601

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