It is one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. ==Features== Argo Navis was sub-divided into three sections in 1752 by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, including Argûs in puppi.
In the 19th century, these three sections of Argo became established as separate constellations and were formally included in the list of 88 modern IAU constellations in 1930. ===Named stars=== ===Planetary systems=== Several extrasolar planet systems have been found around stars in the constellation Puppis, including: On July 1, 2003, a planet was found orbiting the star HD 70642.
In the 19th century, these three sections of Argo became established as separate constellations and were formally included in the list of 88 modern IAU constellations in 1930. ===Named stars=== ===Planetary systems=== Several extrasolar planet systems have been found around stars in the constellation Puppis, including: On July 1, 2003, a planet was found orbiting the star HD 70642.
This planetary system is much like Jupiter with a wide, circular orbit and a long-period. On May 17, 2006, HD 69830 (the nearest star of this constellation) was discovered to have three Neptune-mass planets, the first multi-planetary system without any Jupiter-like or Saturn-like planets.
The star also hosts an asteroid belt at the region between middle planet to outer planet. On June 21, 2007, the first extrasolar planet found in the open cluster NGC 2423, was discovered around the red giant star NGC 2423-3.
The planet is at least 10.6 times the mass of Jupiter and orbits at 2.1 AU distance. On September 22, 2008, two Jupiter-like planets were discovered around HD 60532.
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