Its story

2 Pup has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for 2 Pup: right ascension 7h 45m 29s, declination −14° 41′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

2 Pup. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 37842, HD 62863, Gaia DR3 3029552115358950528. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.