- Stars with a name
- Naos
Naos
ζ Puppis
Naos is a very hot blue supergiant, in the constellation Puppis. The light you see from it tonight left it around 942.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it only ever stays low over the southern horizon.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 2.21.
What it’s like
It gives off 12,555 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 15,200 degrees Celsius.
It is 1,083.6 light years away: 10,251 trillion kilometres.