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14 Hydrae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:26 | Tran: 6:06 | Set: 11:46
Alt: -7.52°   Az: 86.22°   Direction: East

14 Hydrae is a variable star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Hydra.

14 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, 14 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 14 Hydrae star
DSS2 image of 14 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 50m 36s
-03° 32’ 11”
17h 29m 26s
02h 20m 02s

J2000

08h 49m 21s
-03° 26’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

230.64°
24.19°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 14 Hydrae star
Simplified finder chart for 14 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.31
14 Hydrae is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

-0.33
B9
11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Hydrae is distant 437.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

134.23
437.58
33 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO136308
SAO136308

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.5°
Max altitude: 35.0°
Azimuth: 266.5°