59 Hydrae

Altitude: -34.1° Azimuth: 267.2° Direction: West

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

59 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its reltive faintness, 59 Hydrae should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 59 Hydrae:

Color of 59 Hydrae ⬤

Magnitude of 59 Hydrae 5.65

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

59 Hydrae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -34.1°
Azimuth: 267.2°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 59 Hydrae

59 Hydrae is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 59 Hydrae are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 58m 39s

Declination J2000 -27° 39’ 25”

Galactic Longitude 334.61°

Galactic Latitude 27.28°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 59 Hydrae in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 59 Hydrae.

Visibility of 59 Hydrae from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 117.7° RISE 12:39

Max altitude: 10.9° TRANSIT 15:53

Azimuth: 242.3° SET 19:08

Digitized Sky Survey image of 59 Hydrae

The image below is a photograph of 59 Hydrae from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 59 Hydrae is -0.042 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 59 Hydrae from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 107.30 pc

Distance (light year) 349.79 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.042 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 59 Hydrae

59 Hydrae belongs to spectral class A4 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.50

Spectral Type A4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.24

Temperature of 59 Hydrae 7866K

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

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

59 Hydrae 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:

Main star magnitude 5.65

Secondary star magnitude 5.95

Magnitude difference 0.3

Separation 0.4 arcsec

Alternative designations of 59 Hydrae

Flamsteed designation 59 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD132219

SAO Catalogue SAO183058

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP73284

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2710148

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS9453

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