55 Hydrae
55 Hydrae is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Hydra.
55 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its reltive faintness, 55 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 55 Hydrae:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 55 Hydrae
55 Hydrae is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 55 Hydrae are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of 55 Hydrae in the sky:
Visibility of 55 Hydrae from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's 55 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of 55 Hydrae
The image below is a photograph of 55 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 55 Hydrae is -0.008 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.
Distance of 55 Hydrae from the Sun and relative movement
55 Hydrae is distant 612.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of 55 Hydrae
55 Hydrae belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 55 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
