52 Hydrae

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:29 | Tran: 23:26 | Set: 2:27

Alt: 3.28° Az: 209.95° Direction: South-South-West

52 Hydrae is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Hydra.

52 Hydrae visual magnitude is 4.97. Because of its moderate brightness, 52 Hydrae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 29m 40s

Declination -29° 36’ 15”

Hour Angle 02h 19m 54s

Sidereal Time 16h 49m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 28m 10s

Declination -29° 29’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 326.95°

Galactic Latitude 28.83°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.97

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.56

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 415.29

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.024 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

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

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 52 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.6° RISE 20:29

Max altitude: 8.9° TRANSIT 23:26

Azimuth: 240.4° SET 2:27

Set Location

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