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Nu Puppis (Nu Pup ν Puppis ν Pup) is a blue B-type giant 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 12000 Kelvin shines with a luminosity (after allowance for ultraviolet radiation) of 1340 times that of Sun.Nu Puppis is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 31 km/s relative to the Sun.
