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54 Hydrae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:54 | Tran: 5:25 | Set: 8:56
Alt: -49.66°   Az: 65.83°   Direction: East-North-East

54 Hydrae is a double giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Hydra.

54 Hydrae visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, 54 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.

Image of 54 Hydrae star
DSS2 image of 54 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 54 Hydrae during the next 1000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.73 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 47m 27s
-25° 32’ 50”
14h 43m 34s
05h 31m 02s

J2000

14h 46m 00s
-25° 26’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

333.13°
30.63°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 54 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.94
Giant

2.52
F2III
7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 54 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 54 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

54 Hydrae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 54 Hydrae double sysyem:

4.94
6.94
2
8.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

54 Hydrae is distant 99.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

30.43
99.21
-13 km/s
-0.15 arcsec/y
-0.104"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO182855
SAO182855
Gl 561.1A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 54 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.5°
Max altitude: 13.0°
Azimuth: 244.5°