A-Pup (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , A-Pup is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 7° above the horizon.
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Name
A-Pup
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 07h08m51s [4] |
| Declination: | -39°39'20" [4] |
| Constellation: | Puppis |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.80 (V) [2] 4.60 (BT) [2] 4.79 (VT) [2] 4.78 (G) [4] 4.70 (BP) [4] 4.93 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 264.9 parsec 863.7 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.16 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 13.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 306.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.31 |
Sources