5 Puppis

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:32 | Tran: 7:27 | Set: 12:22

Alt: -37.19° Az: 301.70° Direction: West-North-West

5 Puppis is a double dwarf star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Puppis.

5 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, 5 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 49m 06s

Declination -12° 15’ 21”

Hour Angle 09h 04m 20s

Sideral Time 16h 53m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 47m 56s

Declination -12° 11’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 230.32°

Galactic Latitude 6.66°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 5 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.48

Class Dwarf

Absolute magnitude 3.08

Spectral Type F5

Color Index (B-V) 0.48

Temperature 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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 98.61

Radial Speed 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.111 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.059"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 5 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63336

SAO Catalogue SAO153414

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38048

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 2106

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS6381

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 102.3° RISE 2:32

Max altitude: 26.3° TRANSIT 7:27

Azimuth: 257.7° SET 12:22

Set Location

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