Star profile
19 Puppis
What is 19 Puppis
19 Puppis is an orange K-type giant settled 177 light-years away, in a southern field thick with young open clusters and dark dust lanes. Its golden light —cooler and older than the Sun's— set out almost two centuries ago. The star sits faintly, near the limit of unaided sight under a clean sky, along the northern edge of a constellation that once belonged to Jason's ship.
Where it is and when to see it
19 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 26° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 36° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 69° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 77° N.
It ranks no. 34 in brightness among the 145 stars of Puppis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Naos, the brightest: it lies about 27° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 180 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 19 Puppis
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.72
- Distance
- 176.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 122.818° · Dec -12.927°
- Catalogue
- HIP 40084 · HD 68290
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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 369174.65
- HIP 371734.69
- HIP 380894.69
- HIP 400964.73
- HIP 350204.75