5 Puppis

5 Puppis is a double dwarf star in the constellation of Puppis.

5 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its reltive faintness, 5 Puppis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 5 Puppis:

Color of 5 Puppis ⬤

Magnitude of 5 Puppis 5.48

Class Dwarf

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 5 Puppis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 2°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 5 Puppis

5 Puppis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 5 Puppis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 47m 56s

Declination J2000 -12° 11’ 35”

Galactic Longitude 230.32°

Galactic Latitude 6.66°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 5 Puppis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 5 Puppis.

Visibility of 5 Puppis from your location

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

Today's 5 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.2° RISE 11:28

Max altitude: 26.3° TRANSIT 16:24

Azimuth: 257.8° SET 21:19

RIGHT NOW 5 Puppis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 5 Puppis

The image below is a photograph of 5 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 5 Puppis is -0.111 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.059 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 5 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Puppis during the next 1000 years (-1.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.98 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 5 Puppis from the Sun and relative movement

5 Puppis is distant 98.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 30.25 pc

Distance (light year) 98.61 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.111 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.059 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 5 Puppis

5 Puppis belongs to spectral class F5

Absolute magnitude 3.08

Spectral Type F5

Color Index (B-V) 0.48

Temperature of 5 Puppis 6481K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

5 Puppis star system properties

5 Puppis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 5 Puppis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.48

Secondary star magnitude 7.28

Magnitude difference 1.8

Separation 2 arcsec

Alternative designations of 5 Puppis

Flamsteed designation 5 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63336

SAO Catalogue SAO153414

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38048

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 2106

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS6381

In Evidence

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