PI PUP (Pi Puppis). Almost seeming to be a part of Canis Major, almost connected to the lower triangle that makes the Greater Dog, Pi Puppis shines at us at bright third magnitude (2.70) from the constellation Puppis, the Stern.
[6921] pi Puppis, the second brightest star in the constellation, lies close to the border with the constellation Canis Major. It is the brightest star in Collinder 135, an open cluster almost a degree in size.
05 2773 pi PUP 7 17 8.5 -37 5 51 K3Ib 2.70 1.62 3185 rho PUP 8 7 32.6 -24 18 15 F6IIp<04Del 2.81 0.43 2878 sigma PUP 7 29 13.8 -43 18 5 K5III 3.25 1.51 2553 tau PUP 6 49 56.1 -50 36 53 K1III 2.93 1.20 2591 NP PUP 6 54 26.7 -42 21 56 C3II 6.32 2.
NGC 2477 is a very fine globular cluster three degrees NW of zeta Puppis, nearly half way between pi Puppis and zeta Puppis.
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup is the parent body of the Pi Puppids;
55P/Tempel-Tuttle provides the fuel for the Leonids in November;
and the most famous shower of them all, the Perseids, originates with 109P/Swift-Tuttle.
Thabit Upsilon Orionis
Theemin Upsilon-2 Eridani
Thuban Alpha Draconis
Tien Kuan Zeta Tauri
Toliman Alpha Centauri
Torcularis Septentrionalis Omicron Piscium
Tseen Kee Phi Velorum
Tureis Pi Puppis
Tyl Epsilon Draconis ...
 See also: Puppis, Star, Magnitude, Light, L1
  
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