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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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μ Hydrae (mu Hydrae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:04 | Tran: 19:32 | Set: 0:01
Alt: -54.59°   Az: 16.55°   Direction: North-North-East

μ Hydrae is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Hydra.

μ Hydrae visual magnitude is 3.81. Because of its moderate brightness, μ Hydrae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of μ Hydrae (mu Hydrae) star
DSS2 image of μ Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Hydrae during the next 1000 years (-2.13 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 27m 19s
-16° 57’ 58”
12h 39m 44s
23h 07m 03s

J2000

10h 26m 05s
-16° 50’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

259.99°
33.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Hydrae (mu Hydrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.81
Giant

-0.60
K4III
3824K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Hydrae is distant 248.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

76.10
248.10
40 km/s
-0.128 arcsec/y
-0.08"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Hydrae
(mu Hydrae)
SAO155980
SAO155980

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 107.0°
Max altitude: 21.6°
Azimuth: 253.0°