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χ2 Hydrae (chi2 Hydrae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:15 | Tran: 12:31 | Set: 15:47
Alt: 1.11°   Az: 220.20°   Direction: South-West

χ2 Hydrae is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hydra.

χ2 Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, χ2 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 χ2 Hydrae (chi2 Hydrae) star
DSS2 image of χ2 Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of χ2 Hydrae during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 07m 09s
-27° 25’ 17”
03h 06m 31s
14h 13m 41s

J2000

11h 05m 57s
-27° 17’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

275.82°
29.97°

Finder Chart

Finder chart χ2 Hydrae (chi2 Hydrae) star
Simplified finder chart for χ2 Hydrae (chi2 Hydrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Hypergiant

-1.24
A0IV
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where χ2 Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of χ2 Hydrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ2 Hydrae is distant 799.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

245.10
799.02
30 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

χ2 Hydrae
(chi2 Hydrae)
SAO179522
SAO179522

Visibility from Your Location

Today's χ2 Hydrae (chi2 Hydrae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.4°
Max altitude: 11.1°
Azimuth: 242.6°