58 Hydrae

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:41 | Tran: 23:52 | Set: 3:07

Alt: 2.32° Az: 216.21° Direction: South-West

58 Hydrae is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Hydra.

58 Hydrae visual magnitude is 4.41. Because of its moderate brightness, 58 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.

DSS2 image of 58 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 58 Hydrae during the next 1000 years (-4.02 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.98 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 51m 47s

Declination -28° 03’ 50”

Hour Angle 02h 47m 55s

Sidereal Time 17h 39m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 50m 17s

Declination -27° 57’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 332.65°

Galactic Latitude 27.97°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.41

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.45

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.4

Temperature 3950K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 58 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 58 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

58 Hydrae is distant 305.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 93.63

Distance (light year) 305.24

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.241 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.059"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 58 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD130694

SAO Catalogue SAO182911

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP72571

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2710073

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 58 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.1° RISE 20:41

Max altitude: 10.5° TRANSIT 23:52

Azimuth: 241.9° SET 3:07

Set Location

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