Constellations
Puppis (Pup)
The Stern
Also known as stern, poop deck.
6 looks for Puppis
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Puppis
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Stern
- IAU abbreviation
- Pup
- Its stars are named
- Puppis (as in "Alpha Puppis")
- Family
- Heavenly Waters
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in March
- Centre
- Right ascension 7h 43m, declination −31° 55′
- The figure
- 11 stars joined by 11 lines
- Brightest star
- Regor, magnitude 1.68
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Regor (γ2 Vel)mag 1.68
- Naos (ζ Pup)mag 2.25
- π Pupmag 2.70
- Tureis (ρ Pup)mag 2.81
- ν Pupmag 3.17
- Azmidi (ξ Pup)mag 3.34
- κ1 Pupmag 3.81
- l Pupmag 3.96
- j Pupmag 4.20
- ο Pupmag 4.50
- p Pupmag 4.64
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation