60 Hydrae

Altitude: -66.5° Azimuth: 6.7° Direction: North

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

60 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its reltive faintness, 60 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 60 Hydrae:

Color of 60 Hydrae ⬤

Magnitude of 60 Hydrae 5.85

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: -66.5°
Azimuth: 6.7°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 60 Hydrae

60 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 60 Hydrae are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 15h 02m 06s

Declination J2000 -28° 03’ 38”

Galactic Longitude 335.1°

Galactic Latitude 26.53°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 60 Hydrae in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 60 Hydrae.

Visibility of 60 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 60 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: 118.1° RISE 19:58

Max altitude: 10.5° TRANSIT 23:09

Azimuth: 241.9° SET 2:24

RIGHT NOW 60 Hydrae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 60 Hydrae

The image below is a photograph of 60 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 60 Hydrae is 0.085 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.029 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 60 Hydrae from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 324.70 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.085 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.029 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 60 Hydrae

60 Hydrae belongs to spectral class A4 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type A4IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.16

Temperature of 60 Hydrae 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

Alternative designations of 60 Hydrae

Flamsteed designation 60 Hydrae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD132851

SAO Catalogue SAO183099

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP73566

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2710183

FK5 Catalogue 3184

In Evidence

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