Puppis the Stern
This
is the largest of the four sections into which the ancient
constellation of Argo Navis, the ship of the Argonauts, the
constellation was dismembered in the 1750s by the French astronomer
Nicolas Lacaille. The other sections are Carina the Keel, Pyxis the
compass and Vela the sails.
Puppis
lies in the Milky Way and contains rich star fields for sweeping
binoculars.
Zeta
the brightest star whose name is Naos which means ‘ship’ has a
magnitude of 2.2 with a surface temperature of a whopping 38,000’C
its an 04 class star and is 1,080 light years away.
Pi
the second brightest star, its name Ahadi which means ‘having much
promise’ has a magnitude of 2.7 and is a K3 supergiant with a
temperature of 3,700’C and is 810 light years away.
Rho
magnitude 2.8 F5 supergiant with a temperature of 6,700’C lying at
a distance of 65 light years.
Tau
magnitude 2.9 ,an orange K1 giant with a temperature of 3,800’C and
is 182 light years away.
Xi
magnitude 3.4 is a G6 supergiant with a temperature of 4,600’C and
is 1,200 light years away.
There
are three Messier objects M46,M47 and M93 that require binoculars to
see them.
In
November 1942 a bright nova appeared in Puppis reaching a magnitude
of -0.2
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