Zeta Puppis

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
blue supergiant
gptkbp:age about 3.2 million years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 2.25
-6.0
gptkbp:catalogue gptkb:Harvard_Revised_Photometry_Catalogue
gptkb:Henry_Draper_Catalogue
gptkb:Hipparcos_Catalogue
gptkb:Bright_Star_Catalogue
gptkbp:colorIndexB-V -0.27
-1.08
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Puppis
gptkbp:declination -40° 00′ 11″
gptkbp:diameter about 14 solar radii
gptkbp:discoveredBy ancient astronomers
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth approximately 1,090 light-years
gptkbp:evolutionaryStage supergiant
gptkbp:expansion expected to end as a supernova
gptkbp:galacticLatitude -4.7°
253.6°
gptkbp:hasViewOf gptkb:Southern_Hemisphere
gptkbp:heliumAbundance high
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zeta Puppis
gptkbp:IAUApprovedName Naos
gptkbp:luminosity about 550,000 times that of the Sun
gptkbp:mass about 22.5 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity about solar
gptkbp:notableFor one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye
one of the closest O-type stars to Earth
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:HD_66811
gptkb:HIP_39429
gptkb:HR_3165
Naos
gptkbp:parallax 2.91 mas
gptkbp:properMotionRA +2.85 mas/yr
-23.85 mas/yr
gptkbp:radialVelocity +20.0 km/s
gptkbp:rightAscension 08h 03m 35.0s
gptkbp:rotationPeriod 220 km/s
gptkbp:runawayStar true
gptkbp:spectralType O4If(n)p
gptkbp:temperature about 40,000 K
gptkbp:variableStar suspected
gptkbp:windMassLossRate about 3.5×10⁻⁶ solar masses per year
gptkbp:windVelocity about 2,250 km/s
gptkbp:XRaySource true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Blue_supergiant
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6