4 Puppis

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:47 | Tran: 2:33 | Set: 7:15

Alt: -26.38° Az: 279.82° Direction: West

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.

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

Right Ascension 07h 47m 05s

Declination -14° 37’ 34”

Hour Angle 07h 36m 43s

Sidereal Time 15h 23m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 45m 56s

Declination -14° 33’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 232.14°

Galactic Latitude 5.07°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.04

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.74

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.33

Temperature 7276K

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

Distance (parsec) 72.46

Distance (light year) 236.23

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 4 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62952

SAO Catalogue SAO153372

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37891

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 2199

FK5 Catalogue 1202

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° RISE 21:47

Max altitude: 23.9° TRANSIT 2:33

Azimuth: 255.4° SET 7:15

Set Location

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