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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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60 Hydrae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:06 | Tran: 0:16 | Set: 3:29
Alt: -36.77°   Az: 269.59°   Direction: West

60 Hydrae is a sub-giant star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Hydra.

60 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, 60 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 60 Hydrae star
DSS2 image of 60 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (14.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 03m 37s
-28° 09’ 33”
07h 38m 45s
22h 42m 22s

J2000

15h 02m 06s
-28° 03’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

335.1°
26.53°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Sub-giant

0.86
A4IV
8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Hydrae is distant 324.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

99.60
324.70
8 km/s
0.085 arcsec/y
-0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183099
SAO183099

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Hydrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.2°
Max altitude: 10.4°
Azimuth: 241.8°