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Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:24
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50 Hydrae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:56 | Tran: 11:13 | Set: 14:30
Alt: -60.30°   Az: 315.43°   Direction: North-West

50 Hydrae is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Hydra.

50 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its faintness, 50 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 50 Hydrae star
DSS2 image of 50 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 50 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 14m 11s
-27° 22’ 35”
10h 27m 48s
00h 42m 00s

J2000

14h 12m 46s
-27° 15’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

324.34°
32.21°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 50 Hydrae star
Simplified finder chart for 50 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.08
Giant

0.84
K3III
4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 50 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 50 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

50 Hydrae is distant 229.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

70.32
229.25
27 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO182349
SAO182349
Gl 540.1

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 50 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.4°
Max altitude: 11.1°
Azimuth: 242.6°