57 Hydrae

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:03 | Tran: 16:24 | Set: 19:46

Alt: 10.42° Az: 164.99° Direction: South-South-East

57 Hydrae is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Hydra.

57 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, 57 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 57 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 57 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 49m 24s

Declination -26° 44’ 53”

Hour Angle 22h 53m 42s

Sideral Time 13h 43m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 47m 57s

Declination -26° 38’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 332.88°

Galactic Latitude 29.36°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 57 Hydrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.15

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 57 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 57 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

57 Hydrae is distant 434.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 133.16

Distance (light year) 434.09

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 57 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD130274

SAO Catalogue SAO182883

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP72378

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2610519

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 57 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.7° RISE 13:03

Max altitude: 11.8° TRANSIT 16:24

Azimuth: 243.3° SET 19:46

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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