HIP 38414 — Star in Puppis
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1Physical Properties
Magnitude
3.73
Spectral Type
K1/2 II + A
Star Color
Orange
(B-V 1.04)
Distance
349 ly
2Position & Identifiers
RA
07h 52m 13.0s
Dec
-40° 34' 33.0"
Constellation
Puppis
(Pup)
HR
3080
HIP
38414
HD
64440
SAO
219082
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| Equipment | Bortle 3 | Bortle 4 | Bortle 5 |
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| Naked eye Naked eye | Easy | Medium+ | Medium+ |
| 50 mm finder 50mm finder | Easy | Easy | Easy |
| 150 mm telescope 150mm scope | Easy | Easy | Easy |
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Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs
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15Stellar Notes
2660d, K 11.8k/s, V0 +24.0k/s, asini 396. Unresolved by speckle interferometry 1978.96, 1980.02. SKYLAB UV spectra | spectra indicate cool star with hot subdwarf or white dwarf companion.
a Puppis, often misnamed alpha.
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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.
NGC 2477
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster
mag 5.8
2.0°
Puppis
V336 Pup
Colorful double, sep 26.5″
Double Star
mag 5.52
2.1°
Puppis
Suhail Hadar
HIP 39429; Zeta Puppis
Hot blue O-type star
Star
mag 2.25
2.2°
Puppis
AH Vel
Pulsating variable, period 4.2d
Variable Star
mag 5.76
7.0°
Vela
NGC 2328
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy
mag 12.55
9.4°
Puppis
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