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Also known as HD 56096, L² Puppis

giant star in the constellation of Puppis and is located between the bright stars Canopus and Sirius

Wikidata facts

Constellation
Puppis
Distance from Earth
64
Radius
123
Mass
0.659
Image
VLT SPHERE and NACO image of L2 Puppis.jpg
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catalog code
WEB 6981
spectral class
M5III
Commons category
L2 Puppis
apparent magnitude
5.518075
radial velocity
61.51
parallax
17.7906
redshift
0.000177
luminosity
2000
effective temperature
3500
epoch
J2000.0
different from
L2
right ascension component of proper motion
104
declination component of proper motion
326
metallicity
-0.4
age estimated by a dating method
10
declination
-44.63970885887889
right ascension
108.38466059843168
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