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Tureis - ρ Puppis (rho Puppis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:32 | Tran: 5:12 | Set: 8:52
Alt: -59.56°   Az: 33.95°   Direction: North-East

Tureis, also designated as ρ Puppis (rho Puppis), is a variable and double bright giant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Puppis.

Tureis visual magnitude is 2.81. Because of its brightness, Tureis 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 Tureis - ρ Puppis (rho Puppis) star
DSS2 image of Tureis. The red arrow shows the motion of Tureis during the next 10000 years (-13.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 08m 36s
-24° 22’ 38”
13h 12m 23s
21h 20m 59s

J2000

08h 07m 32s
-24° 18’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

243.15°
4.4°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Tureis - ρ Puppis (rho Puppis) star
Simplified finder chart for Tureis - ρ Puppis (rho Puppis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

2.81
Bright giant
Tureis is also a De chemically peculiar star.

1.39
F6II
6724K

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

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

Star System Properties

Tureis 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 Tureis double sysyem:

2.81
13.71
10.9
29.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Tureis is distant 62.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

19.23
62.70
46 km/s
-0.083 arcsec/y
0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

Tureis
ρ Puppis
(rho Puppis)
SAO175217
SAO175217

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 114.4°
Max altitude: 14.1°
Azimuth: 245.6°