26 Hydrae

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:55 | Tran: 17:51 | Set: 22:47

Alt: 20.12° Az: 144.91° Direction: South-East

26 Hydrae is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Hydra.

26 Hydrae visual magnitude is 4.79. Because of its moderate brightness, 26 Hydrae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 26 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 20m 59s

Declination -12° 05’ 00”

Hour Angle 21h 45m 58s

Sidereal Time 07h 06m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 19m 46s

Declination -11° 58’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 243.1°

Galactic Latitude 25.49°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.79

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.17

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.93

Temperature 4917K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

26 Hydrae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 26 Hydrae double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.79

Secondary star magnitude 12.29

Magnitude difference 7.5

Separation 3.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Hydrae is distant 319.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 98.04

Distance (light year) 319.61

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.03 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 26 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD80499

SAO Catalogue SAO155096

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP45751

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 2609

FK5 Catalogue 2741

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.1° RISE 12:55

Max altitude: 26.4° TRANSIT 17:51

Azimuth: 257.9° SET 22:47

Set Location

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