9 Puppis

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:41 | Tran: 15:28 | Set: 20:15

Alt: 24.07° Az: 166.14° Direction: South-South-East

9 Puppis is a double hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Puppis.

9 Puppis visual magnitude is 5.17. Because of its faintness, 9 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 9 Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Puppis during the next 1000 years (-1.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 52m 57s

Declination -13° 57’ 53”

Hour Angle 23h 07m 54s

Sidereal Time 07h 00m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 51m 46s

Declination -13° 53’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 232.27°

Galactic Latitude 6.62°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.17

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 4.06

Spectral Type G0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.6

Temperature 5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Puppis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Puppis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

9 Puppis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 9 Puppis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.17

Secondary star magnitude 5.87

Magnitude difference 0.7

Separation 0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Puppis is distant 54.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 16.67

Distance (light year) 54.35

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.062 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.34"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 9 Puppis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64096

SAO Catalogue SAO153500

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38382

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-13 2267

Gliese Catalogue Gl 291 A

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS6420

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 9 Puppis rise, transit and set times from Schlegel, Germany are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 104.0° RISE 10:41

Max altitude: 25.1° TRANSIT 15:28

Azimuth: 256.0° SET 20:15

Name:	Schlegel, Germany
Latitude:	50° 58' 39.7" N
Longitude:	14° 52' 36.8" E
Timezone:	Europe/Berlin

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