designations X Puppis and x Puppis are distinct and refer to three different stars in the constellation Puppis: X Puppis, a δ Cephei variable X Puppis, (HR 2548...
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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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with Puppis A (RA 08h 23m 08.16s Dec -42° 41′ 41.40″) as the likely visual counterpart. Puppis A is one of the brightest X-ray sources in the X-ray sky...
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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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cases, for example X Puppis (HR 2548), these designations were either dropped or accepted as variable star designations. The star T Puppis was accepted by...
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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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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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Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster (redirect from Puppis filament)
were part of the same structure, the Centaurus–Puppis–PP Filament. This is because the Centaurus–Puppis–PP Filament goes under the ZOA of the Milky Way...
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R Puppis is a variable star in the constellation Puppis. It is a rare yellow hypergiant and a candidate member of the open cluster NGC 2439. It is also...
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Vela Pulsar (redirect from Vela X)
referred to as Vela X, but this phenomenon is separate from either the pulsar or the Vela X nebula. A radio survey of the Vela-Puppis region was made with...
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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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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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Am star (redirect from Ρ Puppis star)
of ρ Puppis stars with relatively high luminosity and late spectral types. However, there is still sometimes confusion, for example with ρ Puppis stars...
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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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RX J0822−4300 (category Puppis)
quark star. Puppis A or SNR 260.4−3.4 Hui, C. Y.; Becker, W. (2006). "Probing the proper motion of the central compact object in Puppis-A with the Chandra...
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Omicron Puppis (ο Puppis) is candidate binary star system in the southern constellation of Puppis. It is visible to the naked eye, having a combined apparent...
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Puppis A supernova remnant, which is four times more distant. Both the Puppis and Vela remnants are among the largest and brightest features in the X-ray...
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gas of intergalactic space, it emits X-rays. Pictor A is X-ray source designated H 0517-456 and 3U 0510-44. Puppis A is a supernova remnant (SNR) about...
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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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Tau Puppis, Latinized from τ Puppis, is a star in the southern constellation of Puppis, near the southern constellation boundary with Carina. It is visible...
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MZ Puppis is a red supergiant star in the constellation of Puppis. It has a radius of 400 R☉ and a mass of 14 solar masses, similar to Betelgeuse. "Hipparcos...
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χ Puppis, Latinised as Chi Puppis, is a single star in the southern constellation of Puppis. It has a white hue and is faintly visible to the eye at night...
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19 Puppis is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Puppis, near the northern border with Hydra and Monoceros. It is visible to the naked...
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HD 69830 (redirect from 285 G. Puppis)
HD 69830 (285 G. Puppis) is a yellow dwarf star located 41.0 light-years (12.6 parsecs) away in the constellation of Puppis. In 2005, the Spitzer Space...
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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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Nu Puppis (ν Puppis) is a solitary, blue-hued star in the southern constellation of Puppis. It is the fifth-brightest star in Puppis, with an apparent...
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QY Puppis is a K-type supergiant star in the constellation of Puppis. With a radius of 515 R☉, it is on the smaller end of the largest known stars. QY...
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directly observing the parallax distance to the closest Cepheids such as RS Puppis and Polaris. The term Cepheid originates from Delta Cephei in the constellation...
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20 Puppis is a solitary star in the southern constellation of Puppis. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-hued star with an apparent visual...
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