34 Hydrae

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:50 | Tran: 10:59 | Set: 16:09

Alt: -47.29° Az: 14.40° Direction: North-North-East

34 Hydrae is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Hydra.

34 Hydrae visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, 34 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 39m 04s

Declination -09° 32’ 11”

Hour Angle 12h 39m 24s

Sideral Time 22h 18m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 37m 51s

Declination -09° 25’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 244°

Galactic Latitude 30.55°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 34 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.4

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.10

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 374.71

Radial Speed 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.062 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 34 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD83373

SAO Catalogue SAO137011

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP47249

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 2725

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 34 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.5° RISE 5:50

Max altitude: 29.0° TRANSIT 10:59

Azimuth: 260.5° SET 16:09

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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