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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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3 Hydrae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:52 | Tran: 18:09 | Set: 23:27
Alt: -15.80°   Az: 83.04°   Direction: East

3 Hydrae is a variable star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Hydra.

3 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, 3 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 3 Hydrae star
DSS2 image of 3 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 36m 42s
-08° 04’ 16”
16h 58m 55s
01h 35m 38s

J2000

08h 35m 28s
-07° 58’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

232.8°
18.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 3 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.72
3 Hydrae is also a SrCrEu chemically peculiar star.

1.14
A1
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Hydrae is distant 268.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

82.30
268.31
24 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO136076
SAO136076

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 3 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.1°
Max altitude: 30.4°
Azimuth: 261.9°