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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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33 Hydrae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:13 | Tran: 18:41 | Set: 0:08
Alt: -2.70°   Az: 263.71°   Direction: West

33 Hydrae is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Hydra.

33 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.56. Because of its faintness, 33 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 33 Hydrae star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 35m 48s
-06° 01’ 44”
05h 47m 02s
15h 22m 51s

J2000

09h 34m 32s
-05° 54’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

240.18°
32.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 33 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.56
Giant

-1.04
K1III
4389K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

208.77
680.58
13 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.059"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO136964
SAO136964

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 33 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.0°
Max altitude: 32.5°
Azimuth: 264.0°