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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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28 Hydrae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:27 | Tran: 18:59 | Set: 0:31
Alt: -41.06°   Az: 25.78°   Direction: North-North-East

28 Hydrae is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Hydra.

28 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, 28 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 28 Hydrae star
DSS2 image of 28 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 26m 40s
-05° 13’ 40”
13h 16m 54s
22h 43m 34s

J2000

09h 25m 23s
-05° 07’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

237.84°
30.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 28 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Giant

-0.99
K5III
3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

28 Hydrae is distant 674.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

207.04
674.95
5 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO136832
SAO136832

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 28 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.2°
Max altitude: 33.3°
Azimuth: 264.8°