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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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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.

Image of 56 Hydrae star
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

14h 49m 13s
-26° 11’ 32”
18h 10m 48s
09h 00m 02s

J2000

14h 47m 44s
-26° 05’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

333.15°
29.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 56 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.24
Giant

0.20
G5III
4892K

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

HR 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.

101.63
331.30
-1 km/s
0.041 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO182882
SAO182882

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°
Max altitude: 12.3°
Azimuth: 243.8°