- Stars with a name
- Azmidi
Azmidi
ξ Puppis
Azmidi is a yellow supergiant like the Sun, in the constellation Puppis. The light you see from it tonight left it around 827.
Where to find it
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 3.34.
What it’s like
It gives off 5,430 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 4,000 degrees Celsius.
It is 1,199.1 light years away: 11,344 trillion kilometres.