8-Pup (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 8-Pup is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:27, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:20, 34° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:32, 27° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
8-Pup
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 07h51m40s [2] |
| Declination: | −12°49'09" [2] |
| Constellation: | Puppis |
| Magnitude: | 6.37 (V) [2] 6.80 (BT) [2] 6.41 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 75.5 parsec 246.0 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.34 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 7.3 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 123.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.98 |
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