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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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4 Puppis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:10 | Tran: 16:52 | Set: 21:34
Alt: 14.67°   Az: 138.42°   Direction: South-East

4 Puppis is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Puppis.

4 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.04. Because of its faintness, 4 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 4 Puppis star
DSS2 image of 4 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 4 Puppis during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 47m 07s
-14° 37’ 38”
21h 13m 43s
05h 00m 50s

J2000

07h 45m 56s
-14° 33’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

232.14°
5.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 4 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.04
Hypergiant

0.74
F0V
7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 4 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 4 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

4 Puppis is distant 236.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

72.46
236.23
-2 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153372
SAO153372

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 4 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.6°
Max altitude: 23.9°
Azimuth: 255.4°