20 Hydrae

Altitude: -4.5° Azimuth: 98.4° Direction: East

20 Hydrae is a bright giant star in the constellation of Hydra.

20 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its reltive faintness, 20 Hydrae should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 20 Hydrae:

Color of 20 Hydrae ⬤

Magnitude of 20 Hydrae 5.46

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

20 Hydrae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -4.5°
Azimuth: 98.4°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 20 Hydrae

20 Hydrae is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 20 Hydrae are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 09m 35s

Declination J2000 -08° 47’ 16”

Galactic Longitude 238.61°

Galactic Latitude 25.4°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 20 Hydrae in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 20 Hydrae.

Visibility of 20 Hydrae from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 20 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.8° RISE 12:04

Max altitude: 29.7° TRANSIT 17:18

Azimuth: 261.2° SET 22:31

RIGHT NOW 20 Hydrae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 20 Hydrae

The image below is a photograph of 20 Hydrae from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 20 Hydrae is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 20 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 20 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 20 Hydrae from the Sun and relative movement

20 Hydrae is distant 641.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 196.85 pc

Distance (light year) 641.73 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 26 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.019 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 20 Hydrae

20 Hydrae belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.01

Spectral Type G8II

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature of 20 Hydrae 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 20 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 20 Hydrae

Flamsteed designation 20 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD78732

SAO Catalogue SAO136622

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP44961

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 2593

In Evidence

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