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Azmidi - ξ Puppis (xi Puppis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:53 | Tran: 7:28 | Set: 11:04
Alt: -34.04°   Az: 271.83°   Direction: West

Azmidi, also designated as ξ Puppis (xi Puppis), is a double supergiant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Puppis.

Azmidi visual magnitude is 3.34. Because of its moderate brightness, Azmidi is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of Azmidi - ξ Puppis (xi Puppis) star
DSS2 image of Azmidi. The red arrow shows the motion of Azmidi during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 50m 20s
-24° 55’ 23”
07h 36m 07s
15h 26m 27s

J2000

07h 49m 17s
-24° 51’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

241.46°
0.57°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Azmidi - ξ Puppis (xi Puppis) star
Simplified finder chart for Azmidi - ξ Puppis (xi Puppis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.34
Supergiant

-4.74
G6I
4232K

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

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

Star System Properties

Azmidi 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 Azmidi double sysyem:

3.34
12.84
9.5
5.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Azmidi is distant 1,347.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

413.22
1,347.11
3 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Azmidi
ξ Puppis
(xi Puppis)
SAO174601
SAO174601

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 114.9°
Max altitude: 13.6°
Azimuth: 245.1°