48 Hydrae

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:56 | Tran: 22:30 | Set: 2:09

Alt: -21.52° Az: 103.75° Direction: East-South-East

48 Hydrae is a main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Hydra.

48 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, 48 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 48 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Hydrae during the next 1000 years (-3.27 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 01m 26s

Declination -25° 07’ 57”

Hour Angle 17h 45m 58s

Sidereal Time 07h 47m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 00m 00s

Declination -25° 00’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 322.04°

Galactic Latitude 35.31°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.98

Spectral Type F7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.48

Temperature 6481K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Hydrae is distant 187.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 57.37

Distance (light year) 187.03

Radial Speed -17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.196 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.091"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 48 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD122066

SAO Catalogue SAO182152

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP68390

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2411215

FK5 Catalogue 1361

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.1° RISE 18:56

Max altitude: 13.4° TRANSIT 22:30

Azimuth: 244.9° SET 2:09

Set Location

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