6 Hydrae

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:18 | Tran: 17:11 | Set: 22:04

Alt: 20.74° Az: 148.13° Direction: South-South-East

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

6 Hydrae visual magnitude is 4.98. Because of its moderate brightness, 6 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 6 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-13.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 41m 13s

Declination -12° 33’ 59”

Hour Angle 21h 58m 24s

Sidereal Time 06h 39m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 40m 01s

Declination -12° 28’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 237.4°

Galactic Latitude 17.34°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.98

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.57

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.42

Temperature 3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Hydrae is distant 419.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 128.53

Distance (light year) 419.02

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.081 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 6 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD73840

SAO Catalogue SAO154515

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42509

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 2420

FK5 Catalogue 325

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.6° RISE 12:18

Max altitude: 26.0° TRANSIT 17:11

Azimuth: 257.4° SET 22:04

Set Location

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