• 9 Puppis is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Puppis. It was originally designated 9 Argus, being part of the now defunct Argo Navis...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Puppis. The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Puppis Star Tales – Puppis Portals: Astronomy Stars Spaceflight...
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    Zeta Puppis (ζ Puppis, abbreviated Zeta Pup, ζ Pup), formally named Naos /naʊs/, is the brightest star in the constellation of Puppis. The spectral class...
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    neutron star known as the Cosmic Cannonball has been found in this SNR. Puppis X-1 (Puppis A) was discovered by a Skylark flight in October 1971, viewed for...
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  • Navis was broken up into Carina, Vela, and Puppis, these Greek-letter designations were kept, so that Puppis does not have a full complement of Greek-letter...
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    Rho Puppis (ρ Puppis, abbreviated Rho Pup, ρ Pup), formally named Tureis /ˈtjʊəreɪs/, is a star in the southern constellation of Puppis. With an average...
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    Calabash Nebula (redirect from QX Puppis)
    located some 5,000 light years (47 Em) from Earth in the constellation Puppis. The name "Calabash Nebula" was first proposed in 1989 in an early paper...
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    RS Puppis (or RS Pup) is a Cepheid variable star around 6,000 ly away in the constellation of Puppis. It is one of the biggest and brightest known Cepheids...
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    Xi Puppis (ξ Puppis, abbreviated Xi Pup, ξ Pup) is a multiple star system in the southern constellation of Puppis. With an apparent visual magnitude of...
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  • Pre-main sequence Star, database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line February 9, 2011. Barnes, J. R.; Kiraga, M.; Diaz, M.; Berdiñas, Z.; Jenkins, J. S.;...
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    Sirius (redirect from 9 Canis Majoris)
    bow and arrow across the southern sky, formed by the constellations of Puppis and Canis Major. In this, the arrow tip is pointed at the wolf Sirius. A...
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  • Cluster – Puppis 8.3 M47 NGC 2422   Open Cluster 1.6 Puppis 4.4 – NGC 2423   Open Cluster – Puppis 6.7 – NGC 2438   Planetary Nebula 2.9 Puppis 10 – NGC...
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    L2 Puppis (also known as HD 56096) is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis and is located between the bright stars Canopus and Sirius. It is a semi-regular...
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    V445 Puppis was a nova in the constellation Puppis. It was discovered by Kazuyoshi Kanatsu of Matsue, Shimane, Japan, who recorded a peak magnitude of...
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    Pi Puppis, Latinized from π Puppis, also named Ahadi, is the second-brightest star in the southern constellation of Puppis. It has an apparent visual...
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    Messier 93 (category Puppis)
    Critter Cluster, is an open cluster in the modestly southern constellation Puppis, the imagined poop deck of the legendary Argo. It was discovered by Charles...
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    the east. Other bordering constellations include Canis Minor, Lepus, and Puppis. Monoceros contains only a few fourth magnitude stars, making it difficult...
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    1 Puppis is a single star in the southern constellation of Puppis. It lies in the northern part of the constellation at a distance of about 790 ly, east...
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    ship Argo) until it was divided into three pieces, the other two being Puppis (the poop deck), and Vela (the sails of the ship). Carina was once a part...
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    NW Puppis, also known as υ2 Puppis, is a star in the constellation Puppis. Located around 910 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity approximately...
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    MX Puppis (MX Pup) is a class B1.5IV (blue subgiant) star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude varies irregularly between magnitude 4.6...
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    k Puppis (k Pup, k Puppis) is a Bayer designation given to an optical double star in the constellation Puppis, the two components being k1 Puppis and...
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    PU Puppis (PU Pup) is a class B8III (blue giant) star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.69 and it is approximately 620 light years...
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    V Puppis (V Pup) is a star system in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.41. There is a binary star system at the center with a B1 dwarf...
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    CP Puppis (or Nova Puppis 1942) was a bright nova occurring in the constellation Puppis in 1942. The nova was discovered on 9 November 1942 by Bernhard...
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    are Gamma and Delta, Puppis has Zeta as its brightest star, and so on. Vela is bordered by Antlia and Pyxis to the north, Puppis to the northwest, Carina...
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  • Catalogue. It is a white A-type star in the constellation Puppis and has an apparent magnitude of +9.34. It is located at 07h 50m 48.495s −42° 37′ 03.10″....
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    constellation referred to as "Argûs in carina" (Carina, the keel), "Argûs in puppi" (Puppis, the poop deck or stern), and "Argûs in velis" (Vela, the sails). Lacaille...
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    KQ Puppis (KQ Pup) is a spectroscopic binary located about 2,700 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. A red supergiant star and a B-type...
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    3 Puppis (3 Pup) is a supergiant star in the constellation Puppis. It is a very rare A[e] supergiant, referred to as a B[e] star despite its spectral...
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