34 Hydrae

Altitude: -4.3° Azimuth: 260.2° Direction: West

34 Hydrae is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Hydra.

34 Hydrae visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its reltive faintness, 34 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 34 Hydrae:

Color of 34 Hydrae ⬤

Magnitude of 34 Hydrae 6.4

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

34 Hydrae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -4.3°
Azimuth: 260.2°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 34 Hydrae

34 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 34 Hydrae are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 37m 51s

Declination J2000 -09° 25’ 27”

Galactic Longitude 244°

Galactic Latitude 30.55°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 34 Hydrae in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 34 Hydrae.

Visibility of 34 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 34 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: 99.4° RISE 23:09

Max altitude: 29.1° TRANSIT 4:23

Azimuth: 260.6° SET 9:33

Digitized Sky Survey image of 34 Hydrae

The image below is a photograph of 34 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 34 Hydrae is -0.062 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 34 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 34 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-10.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 34 Hydrae from the Sun and relative movement

34 Hydrae is distant 374.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 114.94 pc

Distance (light year) 374.71 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.062 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 34 Hydrae

34 Hydrae belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.10

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature of 34 Hydrae 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 34 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 34 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 34 Hydrae

Flamsteed designation 34 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD83373

SAO Catalogue SAO137011

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP47249

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 2725

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