HD 61831
{{Short description|Star in the constellation Puppis}}
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| name = HD 61831
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{{Location mark
|image=Puppis constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=280
|label=|position=right
|mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=10|mark_link=HD 61831
|x=478|y=867
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|caption=Location of HD 61831 (circled)
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{{Starbox observe
| epoch = J2000
| constell = Puppis
| dec = {{DEC|-38|18|28.8786}}
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{{Starbox astrometry
| radial_v = +26.40{{cite journal | last=Wilson | first=R. E. | year=1953 | title=General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities | journal=Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication | publisher=Carnegie Institution for Science | bibcode=1953GCRV..C......0W | lccn=54001336 }}
| parallax = 5.87
| p_error = 0.16
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{{Starbox catalog
| names = d1 Puppis, CD-38°3531, GC 10311, GSC 07644-02700, HIP 37297, HR 2961, HD 61831, SAO 198253
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{{Starbox reference
| Simbad = HD+61831
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HD 61831 (d1 Puppis) is a class B2.5V (blue dwarf) star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.84 and it is approximately 556 light years away based on parallax.
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Category:B-type main-sequence stars
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