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'''Zeta Puppis''', also called by its traditional name '''Naos''' from the Greek ναύς "ship", or less commonly, '''Suhail Hadar''', is one of the hottest stars in the galaxy, one of the few rare class O stars visible in the night sky, and is the second brightest such star in terms of its apparent magnitude (only [[Zeta Orionis]] appears brighter).  It is located in the constellation of [[Puppis]].  Zeta Puppis is located 1,093 light years away according to the 2008 data from the [[Hipparcos]] mission.<ref>Maíz Apellániz, J.; Alfaro, E. J.; Sota, A. (2008). Accurate distances to nearby massive stars with the new reduction of the Hipparcos raw data. arΧiv:0804.2553</ref>  
 
'''Zeta Puppis''', also called by its traditional name '''Naos''' from the Greek ναύς "ship", or less commonly, '''Suhail Hadar''', is one of the hottest stars in the galaxy, one of the few rare class O stars visible in the night sky, and is the second brightest such star in terms of its apparent magnitude (only [[Zeta Orionis]] appears brighter).  It is located in the constellation of [[Puppis]].  Zeta Puppis is located 1,093 light years away according to the 2008 data from the [[Hipparcos]] mission.<ref>Maíz Apellániz, J.; Alfaro, E. J.; Sota, A. (2008). Accurate distances to nearby massive stars with the new reduction of the Hipparcos raw data. arΧiv:0804.2553</ref>  
  
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