Puppis

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Template:Infobox Constellation Puppis (Latin for poop deck) is a southern constellation. It is the largest of the three parts into which Argo Navis was split.

Contents 1 Notable features 2 Notable deep sky objects 3 Mythology 4 Stars 5 See also 6 External links

Notable features

As Puppis was originally part of Argo Navis, it has no stars with Bayer designations α through ε, as those are now in Carina and Vela. Its brightest star is ζ Puppis, known as Naos. It shines at magnitude 2.25.

Notable deep sky objects

As the Milky Way runs through Puppis, there are a large number of open clusters in the constellation. Messier 46 (M46) and Messier 47 (M47) are two open clusters in the same binocular field. M47 can be seen with the naked eye under dark skies, and its brightest stars are 6th magnitude. Messier 93 (M93) is another open cluster somewhat to the south. NGC 2451 is a very bright open cluster containing the star c Puppis.

Mythology

Since Puppis was originally part of the Argo Navis, it has no pre-17th century mythology associated with it independently.

Stars

Stars with proper names:

• (ζ Pup) 2.25 Naos or Suhail Hadar (or Muliphein, see γ CMa)

  < ναύσ The ship

  < ? Suhail Hadar The suhail (bright star) of the ground ?

• κ^{1 Pup} (or Markab [Markeb], see α Peg, k Vel) 3.80
• (7/ξ Pup) 3.34 Asmidiske [Azmidiske]

  [a misplacement and mistransliteration of ι Car Aspidiske]

Stars with Bayer designation:

κ² Pup 4.62; ν Pup 3.17; ο Pup 4.40; π Pup 2.71; 15/ρ Pup 2.83; σ Pup 3.25; τ Pup 2.94; χ Pup 4.76; a Pup 3.71; b Pup 4.49; c Pup 3.62; d¹ Pup 4.84; d² Pup 5.73; d³ Pup 5.76; d⁴ Pup 5.99; e Pup 5.78; f Pup 4.53; h¹ Pup 4.44; h² Pup 4.42; 11/j Pup 4.20; 3/l Pup 3.94; m Pup 4.69; n Pup 5.06; n Pup 5.87; p Pup 4.65; q Pup 4.44; r Pup 4.78; t Pup 5.07; v¹ Pup 4.65; v² Pup 5.11; w Pup 4.83; x Pup 5.27; y Pup 5.41; y² Pup 5.69; y³ Pup 5.68; z Pup 5.42; A Pup 4.83; C Pup 5.20; D Pup 5.80; E Pup 5.30; F Pup 5.24; G Pup 5.76; H Pup 4.92; I Pup 4.49; J Pup 4.22; L¹ Pup 4.87; L² Pup 4.42; M Pup 5.86; N Pup 5.08; O Pup 5.14; P Pup 4.10; Q Pup 4.69

Stars with Flamsteed designation:

1 Pup 4.63; 2 Pup 6.06; 2 Pup 7.03; 4 Pup 5.03; 5 Pup 5.48; 6 Pup 5.17; 8 Pup 6.37; 9 Pup 5.16; 10 Pup 5.69; 12 Pup 5.09; 14 Pup 6.12; 16 Pup 4.40; 18 Pup 5.53; 19 Pup 4.72; 20 Pup 4.99; 21 Pup 6.32; 22 Pup 6.13; 140 Pup 4.98; 171 Pup 5.36; 188 Pup 5.32; 212 Pup 5.01

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See also

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External links

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