19 Puppis, a yellow giant star in Puppis
19 Puppis is a yellow giant star in the constellation Puppis. At 177 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 4.72.
19 Puppis (HIP 40084)
19 Puppis is a yellow giant star in the constellation Puppis. At 177 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 4.72. 19 Puppis is a multiple-star system. The iron abundance of 19 Puppis is +0.06 (114.8% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 36.7 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 19,600 and 24,500 light years from the center of the Galaxy. It came closest to the Sun 1.4 million years ago when it had brightened to magnitude 0.99 from a distance of 32 light years.
Sky position: RA 8h 11.3m, Dec -12° 55.8'
Common designations: 19 Puppis, HIP 40084, HD 68290
Brightest stars in Puppis:
(list all)
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 25 | 4.53 | f Puppis |
| 26 | 4.61 | HR 3131 |
| 27 | 4.63 | 1 Puppis |
| 28 | 4.63 | HR 3089 |
| 29 | 4.65 | v1 Puppis |
| 30 | 4.65 | HR 2881 |
| 31 | 4.65 | HR 2922 |
| 32 | 4.69 | m Puppis |
| 33 | 4.69 | Q Puppis |
34
| 4.72
) 19 Puppis
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 35 | 4.73 | HR 3226 |
| 36 | 4.75 | HR 2762 |
| 37 | 4.76 | chi Puppis |
| 38 | 4.78 | r Puppis |
| 39 | 4.82 | HD 60414 |
| 40 | 4.83 | A Puppis |
| 41 | 4.83 | w Puppis |
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Galactic Orbit of 19 Puppis
(compared to the Sun)
E
ccentricity: 11.2% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -154.9°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 6,761 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 6,718 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 759 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 6,676 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 6,002 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 7,520 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for 19 Puppis
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 122.81800536° ±0.17 mas | -24.10 ±0.80 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | -12.92701832° ±0.14 mas | 8.80 ±0.80 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 233.88475440° | -20.09 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | 11.19104927° | -15.95 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 18.46 ± 0.21 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: G8.5IIIb 1989ApJS...71..245K.
Radial Velocity: 36.10 ±0.70 km/s [A rating] 2006AstL...32..759G.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
0.06 ±0.06 dex
1990ApJS...74.1075M.
Photometry
| band | magnitude | Abs. Mag. |
| U | ||
| B | 5.66 | 1.99 |
| V | 4.72 | 1.05 |
| R | ||
| I | 3.90 | 0.23 |
| J | ||
| H | ||
| K |
B-V: +0.94 V-I: +0.82
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 54.16 pc (1.1% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,431 pc
Transverse velocity: 6.6 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | -31.3 pc | -42.9 pc | 10.5 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -25.5 km/s | -26.2 km/s | 3.0 km/s |