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TimezoneEurope/London
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Sunset: 17:11
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κ Hydrae (kappa Hydrae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:21 | Tran: 0:08 | Set: 4:51
Alt: -14.12°   Az: 264.44°   Direction: West

κ Hydrae is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Hydra.

κ Hydrae visual magnitude is 5.06. Because of its faintness, κ 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 κ Hydrae (kappa Hydrae) star
DSS2 image of κ Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Hydrae during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 41m 30s
-14° 26’ 49”
06h 18m 34s
16h 00m 05s

J2000

09h 40m 18s
-14° 19’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

248.71°
27.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Hydrae (kappa Hydrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.06
Main-sequence

-0.93
B5V
12489K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Hydrae is distant 515.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

157.98
515.01
18 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Hydrae
(kappa Hydrae)
SAO155388
SAO155388

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 104.4°
Max altitude: 24.1°
Azimuth: 255.6°