Yellow-white bright giant · Puppis

Tureis

Also known as: ρ Puppis (ρ Pup), HIP 39757

mag 2.864 light-years

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Tureis (ρ Puppis) is a yellow-white bright giant of magnitude 2.8 in Puppis, about 64 light-years away.

Tureis is in the constellation Puppis.
Best evenings: around early March it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from south of 56° N.

When it rises and sets tonight, how high it climbs and how much the Moon gets in the way are worked out in your browser for your place.

EyesEasy, even from town.
Binoculars (10×50)A sharp point; binoculars bring out its colour and the fainter stars around it.
Telescope (6–8 inch)Still a point of light at any magnification — stars are too far away to show a disc. Low in the sky, bright stars twinkle and flash colours.

Stars look the same in any instrument: brighter and sharper, but never bigger.

Proper name	Tureis
Designation	ρ Puppis (ρ Pup)
Hipparcos number	HIP 39757
Type	Yellow-white bright giant
Spectral type	F2mF5IIp
Colour	YellowB−V colour index 0.46
Magnitude	2.8The smaller the number, the brighter.
Distance	64 light-yearsThe light you see left it around 1962.
Proper motion	0.095″ per year across the sky
Constellation	Puppis
Right ascension (J2000)	08h 07m 32.7s
Declination (J2000)	−24° 18′ 15″