How to see it
2 Pup has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 2 Pup: right ascension 7h 45m 29s, declination −14° 41′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).
Catalog context
2 Pup. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 37842, HD 62863, Gaia DR3 3029552115358950528. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3029552115358950528
- HIP
- 37842
- HD
- 62863
- gaia_dr3
- 3029552115358950528
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 2 Pup
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.81