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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:12 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:16
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8 Puppis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:12 | Tran: 22:04 | Set: 2:59
Alt: 13.27°   Az: 131.61°   Direction: South-East

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.

Image of 8 Puppis star
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

07h 52m 51s
-12° 53’ 06”
20h 46m 51s
04h 39m 42s

J2000

07h 51m 40s
-12° 49’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

231.32°
7.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 8 Puppis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36

1.99
F2
6934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR 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.

74.79
243.83
21 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153499
SAO153499

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°
Max altitude: 25.6°
Azimuth: 257.1°