6 Puppis

6 Puppis is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

6 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its reltive faintness, 6 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 6 Puppis:

Color of 6 Puppis ⬤

Magnitude of 6 Puppis 5.18

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 6 Puppis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 6 Puppis

6 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 6 Puppis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 49m 41s

Declination J2000 -17° 13’ 41”

Galactic Longitude 234.91°

Galactic Latitude 4.51°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 6 Puppis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 6 Puppis.

Visibility of 6 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 6 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: 107.2° RISE 11:59

Max altitude: 21.3° TRANSIT 16:26

Azimuth: 252.8° SET 20:52

RIGHT NOW 6 Puppis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 6 Puppis

The image below is a photograph of 6 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 6 Puppis is 0.052 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.117 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 6 Puppis from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 77.70 pc

Distance (light year) 253.30 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 44 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.052 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.117 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 6 Puppis

6 Puppis belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.73

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.28

Temperature of 6 Puppis 4158K

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

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

Alternative designations of 6 Puppis

Flamsteed designation 6 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63697

SAO Catalogue SAO153454

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38211

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 2146

FK5 Catalogue 2607

In Evidence

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