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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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10 Hydrae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:19 | Tran: 22:45 | Set: 5:15
Alt: 35.24°   Az: 225.88°   Direction: South-West

10 Hydrae is a main-sequence star of spectral class A6 in the constellation of Hydra.

10 Hydrae visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, 10 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 10 Hydrae star
DSS2 image of 10 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 10 Hydrae during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 46m 21s
+05° 35’ 16”
02h 24m 22s
11h 10m 43s

J2000

08h 45m 01s
+05° 40’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

221.23°
27.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 10 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Main-sequence

2.12
A6V
8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 10 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 10 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

10 Hydrae is distant 206.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

63.37
206.59
-9 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO117088
SAO117088

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 10 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.4°
Max altitude: 44.1°
Azimuth: 275.6°