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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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6 Puppis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:49 | Tran: 17:16 | Set: 21:42
Alt: -9.00°   Az: 106.52°   Direction: East-South-East

6 Puppis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Puppis.

6 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, 6 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 6 Puppis star
DSS2 image of 6 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Puppis during the next 1000 years (0.87 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.95 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 50m 49s
-17° 17’ 37”
18h 29m 25s
02h 20m 15s

J2000

07h 49m 41s
-17° 13’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

234.91°
4.51°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.18
Giant

0.73
K3III
4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Puppis is distant 253.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 44 kilometers per second.

77.70
253.30
44 km/s
0.052 arcsec/y
-0.117"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153454
SAO153454

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.3°
Max altitude: 21.2°
Azimuth: 252.7°