56 Hydrae

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:43 | Tran: 0:09 | Set: 3:39

Alt: -18.60° Az: 108.96° Direction: East-South-East

56 Hydrae is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Hydra.

56 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.24. Because of its faintness, 56 Hydrae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 56 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 49m 13s

Declination -26° 11’ 32”

Hour Angle 18h 10m 48s

Sidereal Time 09h 00m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 47m 44s

Declination -26° 05’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 333.15°

Galactic Latitude 29.87°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.24

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.20

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 56 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 56 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

56 Hydrae is distant 331.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 101.63

Distance (light year) 331.30

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.041 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 56 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD130259

SAO Catalogue SAO182882

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP72357

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2510537

FK5 Catalogue 1385

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 56 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.2° RISE 20:43

Max altitude: 12.3° TRANSIT 0:09

Azimuth: 243.8° SET 3:39

Set Location

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