W-Pup (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , w-Pup is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 14° above the horizon.
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Name
W-Pup
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h21m23s [4] |
| Declination: | -33°03'15" [4] |
| Constellation: | Puppis |
| Magnitude: | 4.83 (V) [2] 6.72 (BT) [2] 4.98 (VT) [2] 4.36 (G) [4] 5.09 (BP) [4] 3.54 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 399.2 parsec 1301.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.47 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 12.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 285.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.18 |
Sources