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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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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.

Image of 6 Hydrae star
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

08h 41m 13s
-12° 33’ 59”
21h 58m 24s
06h 39m 38s

J2000

08h 40m 01s
-12° 28’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

237.4°
17.34°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.98
Giant

-0.57
K4III
3918K

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

HR 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.

128.53
419.02
-11 km/s
-0.081 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO154515
SAO154515

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°
Max altitude: 26.0°
Azimuth: 257.4°