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44 Hydrae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:02 | Tran: 0:50 | Set: 4:33
Alt: 4.27°   Az: 138.21°   Direction: South-East

44 Hydrae is a double giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Hydra.

44 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its faintness, 44 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 44 Hydrae star
DSS2 image of 44 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 35m 12s
-23° 52’ 32”
20h 53m 31s
07h 28m 44s

J2000

10h 34m 00s
-23° 44’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

266.62°
29.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 44 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.08
Giant

-1.36
K4III
3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 44 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 44 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

44 Hydrae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 44 Hydrae double sysyem:

5.08
13.78
8.7
19.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

44 Hydrae is distant 633.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

194.17
633.01
-4 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO178979
SAO178979

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 44 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.9°
Max altitude: 14.6°
Azimuth: 246.1°