3 Puppis
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.
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
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Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
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.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
Today's 3 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Bykhaw, Belarus are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Minsk):