33 Hydrae

Altitude: 31.9° Azimuth: 168.1° Direction: South-South-East

33 Hydrae is a giant star in the constellation of Hydra.

33 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.56. Because of its reltive faintness, 33 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 33 Hydrae:

Color of 33 Hydrae ⬤

Magnitude of 33 Hydrae 5.56

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

33 Hydrae is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 31.9°
Azimuth: 168.1°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 33 Hydrae

33 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 33 Hydrae are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 34m 32s

Declination J2000 -05° 54’ 54”

Galactic Longitude 240.18°

Galactic Latitude 32.09°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 33 Hydrae in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 33 Hydrae.

Visibility of 33 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 33 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: 95.9° RISE 4:19

Max altitude: 32.6° TRANSIT 9:47

Azimuth: 264.1° SET 15:15

Digitized Sky Survey image of 33 Hydrae

The image below is a photograph of 33 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 33 Hydrae is 0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.059 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 33 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 33 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 33 Hydrae from the Sun and relative movement

33 Hydrae is distant 680.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 208.77 pc

Distance (light year) 680.58 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.059 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 33 Hydrae

33 Hydrae belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.04

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature of 33 Hydrae 4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 33 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 33 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 33 Hydrae

Flamsteed designation 33 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD82870

SAO Catalogue SAO136964

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP46982

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 2840

FK5 Catalogue 2763

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