37 Hydrae

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:14 | Tran: 19:17 | Set: 0:21

Alt: -47.74° Az: 340.04° Direction: North-North-West

37 Hydrae is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hydra.

37 Hydrae visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, 37 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 37 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 41m 01s

Declination -10° 41’ 09”

Hour Angle 11h 05m 58s

Sidereal Time 20h 47m 00s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 39m 47s

Declination -10° 34’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 245.37°

Galactic Latitude 30.18°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.31

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.33

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

37 Hydrae is distant 1,097.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 336.70

Distance (light year) 1,097.64

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.024 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 37 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD83650

SAO Catalogue SAO155377

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP47427

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 2898

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 37 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.7° RISE 14:14

Max altitude: 27.8° TRANSIT 19:17

Azimuth: 259.3° SET 0:21

Set Location

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