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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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1 Hydrae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:17 | Tran: 16:56 | Set: 22:34
Alt: 34.66°   Az: 177.48°   Direction: South

1 Hydrae is a main-sequence star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Hydra.

1 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.61. Because of its faintness, 1 Hydrae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 1 Hydrae star
DSS2 image of 1 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 1 Hydrae during the next 1000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 25m 51s
-03° 50’ 05”
23h 51m 40s
08h 17m 31s

J2000

08h 24m 34s
-03° 45’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

227.5°
18.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 1 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.61
Main-sequence

3.44
F3V
6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 1 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 1 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

1 Hydrae is distant 88.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 72 kilometers per second.

27.21
88.71
72 km/s
-0.21 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO135877
SAO135877

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 1 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.8°
Max altitude: 34.7°
Azimuth: 266.2°