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.

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

Right Ascension 15h 03m 37s

Declination -28° 09’ 33”

Hour Angle 07h 38m 45s

Sidereal Time 22h 42m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 02m 06s

Declination -28° 03’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 335.1°

Galactic Latitude 26.53°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.85

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type A4IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.16

Temperature 8486K

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

Distance (parsec) 99.60

Distance (light year) 324.70

Radial Speed 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.085 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 60 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD132851

SAO Catalogue SAO183099

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP73566

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2710183

FK5 Catalogue 3184

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° RISE 21:06

Max altitude: 10.4° TRANSIT 0:16

Azimuth: 241.8° SET 3:29

In Evidence

Other stars in Hydra

60 Hydrae

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Other stars in Hydra

60 Hydrae

Celestial Coordinates

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J2000

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Alternative Designations

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