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.

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

Right Ascension 09h 35m 48s

Declination -06° 01’ 44”

Hour Angle 05h 47m 02s

Sidereal Time 15h 22m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 34m 32s

Declination -05° 54’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 240.18°

Galactic Latitude 32.09°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.56

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.04

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature 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

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.

Distance (parsec) 208.77

Distance (light year) 680.58

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.059"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 33 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD82870

SAO Catalogue SAO136964

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP46982

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 2840

FK5 Catalogue 2763

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° RISE 13:13

Max altitude: 32.5° TRANSIT 18:41

Azimuth: 264.0° SET 0:08

Set Location

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