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HD 63032

c Puppis
NGC 2451 a.jpg
The field of cluster NGC 2451; c Puppis is the brightest star in the frame
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension 07h 45m 15.29642s
Declination −37° 58′ 06.8998″
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.61
Characteristics
Spectral type K2.5Ib-IIa(K5IIa) + B9V
Apparent magnitude (U) 7.06
Apparent magnitude (B) 5.34
Apparent magnitude (R) 2.26
Apparent magnitude (I) 1.26
Apparent magnitude (J) 0.68
Apparent magnitude (H) -0.075 ± 0.220
Apparent magnitude (K) -0.47
U−B color index 1.72
B−V color index 1.73
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) 16.83 ± 0.14 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -10.18±0.18 mas/yr
Dec.: 6.34±0.21 mas/yr
Parallax (π) 2.88 ± 0.19mas
Distance 1,130 ± 70 ly
(350 ± 20 pc)
Details
Mass 9.8±2.1/2.8±0.2 M
Radius 202±25/2.4±0.1 R
Luminosity 9600±1700/65±4 L
Temperature A:4000±150/B:10,200 ± 300 K
Other designations
CD-37 3863, CPD -37 1558, GSC 07645-03246, HD 63032, HIP 37819, HR 3017, SAO 198398
Database references
SIMBAD data

c Puppis, also known as HD 63032 and HR 3017, is a spectroscopic binary star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 3.61. Located around 347 parsecs (1,130 ly) distant, the primary is an orange-red bright giant or supergiant of spectral type K2.5Ib-IIa or K5IIa, while the secondary, discovered in 1983, is a blue main-sequence star of spectral type B9V. The system is the brightest member of the open cluster NGC 2451, over two magnitudes brighter than every other star in the cluster. As the turnoff point of the cluster is currently around B7, the parameters of the system fit with cluster membership.



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