CP Puppis (or Nova Puppis 1942) was a bright nova occurring in the constellation Puppis in 1942. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... Categories: Astronomy stubs | Modern constellations | Constellations | Puppis constellation | Argo Navis constellation ... This article is about the year. ...

CP Puppis reached magnitude 0.3. The apparent magnitude (m) of a star, planet or other heavenly body is a measure of its apparent brightness; that is, the amount of light received from the object. ...

Coordinates

• Right ascension: 08h 11m 46s
• Declination: −35° 21.1’

Right ascension (RA; symbol α: Greek letter alpha) is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. ... In astronomy declination (dec) is one of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system, the other being either right ascension or hour angle. ...

External links

• http://www.otticademaria.it/astro/Costellazioni/st_pup.html