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Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 20:05
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59 Hydrae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:45 | Tran: 2:02 | Set: 5:16
Alt: -3.56°   Az: 132.15°   Direction: South-East

59 Hydrae is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Hydra.

59 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its faintness, 59 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 59 Hydrae star
DSS2 image of 59 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 59 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 00m 09s
-27° 45’ 25”
20h 13m 02s
11h 13m 12s

J2000

14h 58m 39s
-27° 39’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

334.61°
27.28°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.65
Main-sequence

0.50
A4V
7866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 59 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 59 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

59 Hydrae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 59 Hydrae double sysyem:

5.65
5.95
0.3
0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

59 Hydrae is distant 349.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

107.30
349.79
-10 km/s
-0.042 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183058
SAO183058

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 59 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.8°
Max altitude: 10.8°
Azimuth: 242.2°