52 Hydrae

Altitude: -10.2° Azimuth: 234.8° Direction: South-West

52 Hydrae is a variable and multiple main-sequence star in the constellation of Hydra.

52 Hydrae visual magnitude is 4.97. Because of its moderate brightness, 52 Hydrae should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 52 Hydrae:

Color of 52 Hydrae ⬤

Magnitude of 52 Hydrae 4.97

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

52 Hydrae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -10.2°
Azimuth: 234.8°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 52 Hydrae

52 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 52 Hydrae are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 28m 10s

Declination J2000 -29° 29’ 30”

Galactic Longitude 326.95°

Galactic Latitude 28.83°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 52 Hydrae in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 52 Hydrae.

Visibility of 52 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 52 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: 119.5° RISE 19:14

Max altitude: 9.0° TRANSIT 22:12

Azimuth: 240.5° SET 1:14

RIGHT NOW 52 Hydrae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 52 Hydrae

The image below is a photograph of 52 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 52 Hydrae is -0.024 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 52 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 52 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 52 Hydrae from the Sun and relative movement

52 Hydrae is distant 415.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 127.39 pc

Distance (light year) 415.29 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.024 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 52 Hydrae

52 Hydrae belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.56

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature of 52 Hydrae 11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 52 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 52 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 52 Hydrae

Flamsteed designation 52 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD126769

SAO Catalogue SAO182570

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP70753

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2810712

FK5 Catalogue 532

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6674

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS9270

In Evidence

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