8 Puppis

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:55 | Tran: 7:47 | Set: 12:38

Alt: -23.01° Az: 278.32° Direction: West

8 Puppis is a star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Puppis.

8 Puppis visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, 8 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 8 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 8 Puppis during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 52m 50s

Declination -12° 53’ 03”

Hour Angle 07h 23m 34s

Sideral Time 15h 16m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 51m 40s

Declination -12° 49’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 231.32°

Galactic Latitude 7.14°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 8 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.36

Class

Absolute magnitude 1.99

Spectral Type F2

Color Index (B-V) 0.39

Temperature 6934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 8 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

8 Puppis is distant 243.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 74.79

Distance (light year) 243.83

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 8 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64077

SAO Catalogue SAO153499

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38372

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 2179

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 8 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.9° RISE 2:55

Max altitude: 25.6° TRANSIT 7:47

Azimuth: 257.1° SET 12:38

Set Location

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