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π Puppis (pi Puppis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:56 | Tran: 16:08 | Set: 17:19
Alt: -44.64°   Az: 262.99°   Direction: West

π Puppis is a variable and double supergiant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Puppis.

π Puppis visual magnitude is 2.7. Because of its brightness, π Puppis is clearly visible to the naked eye when observed from locations with dark skies, and should be also quite easily visible from light polluted areas.

Image of π Puppis (pi Puppis) star
DSS2 image of π Puppis. The red arrow shows the motion of π Puppis during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 18m 02s
-37° 08’ 40”
07h 50m 32s
15h 08m 34s

J2000

07h 17m 08s
-37° 05’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

249.01°
-11.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Puppis (pi Puppis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

2.7
Supergiant

-4.93
K3I
3622K

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

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

Star System Properties

π Puppis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the π Puppis double sysyem:

2.7
8
5.3
69.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Puppis is distant 1,093.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

335.57
1,093.96
16 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

π Puppis
(pi Puppis)
SAO197795
SAO197795

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 127.1°
Max altitude: 1.4°
Azimuth: 232.9°