50 Hydrae

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

50 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its reltive faintness, 50 Hydrae should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 50 Hydrae:

Color of 50 Hydrae ⬤

Magnitude of 50 Hydrae 5.08

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 50 Hydrae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 50 Hydrae

50 Hydrae is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 50 Hydrae are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 12m 46s

Declination J2000 -27° 15’ 39”

Galactic Longitude 324.34°

Galactic Latitude 32.21°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 50 Hydrae in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 50 Hydrae.

Visibility of 50 Hydrae from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 117.3° RISE 19:06

Max altitude: 11.3° TRANSIT 22:24

Azimuth: 242.7° SET 1:45

RIGHT NOW 50 Hydrae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 50 Hydrae

The image below is a photograph of 50 Hydrae from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 50 Hydrae is -0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.034 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 50 Hydrae from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 70.32 pc

Distance (light year) 229.25 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.034 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 50 Hydrae

50 Hydrae belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.84

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature of 50 Hydrae 4389K

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

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

Alternative designations of 50 Hydrae

Flamsteed designation 50 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD124206

SAO Catalogue SAO182349

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP69415

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2610158

Gliese Catalogue Gl 540.1

In Evidence

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