14 Hydrae

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:39 | Tran: 18:19 | Set: 0:00

Alt: -32.36° Az: 312.74° Direction: North-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 08h 50m 38s

Declination -03° 32’ 18”

Hour Angle 09h 26m 17s

Sidereal Time 18h 16m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 49m 21s

Declination -03° 26’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 230.64°

Galactic Latitude 24.19°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.31

Class

14 Hydrae is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -0.33

Spectral Type B9

Color Index (B-V) -0.09

Temperature 11407K

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

Distance (parsec) 134.23

Distance (light year) 437.58

Radial Speed 33 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 14 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD75333

SAO Catalogue SAO136308

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43305

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 2699

FK5 Catalogue 1230

General Catalogue of Variable Stars KX Hya

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° RISE 12:39

Max altitude: 35.0° TRANSIT 18:19

Azimuth: 266.5° SET 0:00

Set Location

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