Star profile
1 Puppis
What is 1 Puppis
1 Puppis holds the first slot in the Stern's catalog, fragment of the ancient ship Argo. At 773 light-years, this orange giant casts a warm glow that crosses the galactic plane before reaching us. Its K class marks a late stage: hydrogen depleted, layers swollen, color leaning toward firewood embers. It is a starting point —number one— in a constellation born from the dismantling of a myth.
Where it is and when to see it
1 Puppis lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 10° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 21° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 85° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 62° N.
It ranks no. 27 in brightness among the 145 stars of Puppis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Naos, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 770 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 1 Puppis
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.63
- Distance
- 773.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 115.885° · Dec -28.411°
- Catalogue
- HIP 37648 · HD 62576
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Other stars in Puppis
Puppis has 145 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- NaosZeta Puppis2.21
- Pi Puppis2.71
- TureisRho Puppis2.83
- HIP 384554.49
- HIP 370964.53
- HIP 390954.61
- HIP 385004.63
- HIP 353634.65