HD 61330 (f Puppis) is a class B8IV[3] (blue subgiant)star in theconstellationPuppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.53[2] and it is approximately 360 light years away based on parallax.[1]
It is a multiple star, with a secondary component C, with magnitude 6.07 in an 81-year orbit with eccentricity 0.64.[7] Another closer component, B, has been reported at 6.1 magnitude and 0.1" separation, but subsequent observers have repeatedly failed to confirm it.[8]
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