Magnitude 3.17 Apparent magnitude (V) 3.17 | Constellation Puppis | |
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Nu Puppis (Nu Pup, ν Puppis, ν Pup) is a blue B-type giant star with an apparent magnitude of +3.17. It is the fifth-brightest star in Puppis. At a distance of 423 light years, this class B (B8) giant, with a measured temperature of 12,000 Kelvin, shines with a luminosity (after allowance for ultraviolet radiation) of 1,340 times that of Sun.
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