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public  San Lorenzo, Guatemala San Lorenzo, Guatemala  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guatemala
Sunrise: 5:42 
Transit: 12:10 
Sunset: 18:38
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ν Hydrae (nu Hydrae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:31 | Tran: 16:12 | Set: 21:56
Alt: -60.03°   Az: 97.66°   Direction: East

ν Hydrae is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Hydra.

ν Hydrae visual magnitude is 3.11. Because of its moderate brightness, ν 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 ν Hydrae (nu Hydrae) star
DSS2 image of ν Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of ν Hydrae during the next 1000 years (1.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 50m 52s
-16° 19’ 44”
14h 04m 14s
00h 55m 07s

J2000

10h 49m 37s
-16° 11’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

265.05°
37.56°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν Hydrae (nu Hydrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.11
Giant

-0.03
K2III
4213K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν Hydrae is distant 138.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

42.48
138.49
-1 km/s
0.094 arcsec/y
0.2"/y

Alternative Designations

ν Hydrae
(nu Hydrae)
SAO156256
SAO156256

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ν Hydrae (nu Hydrae) rise, transit and set times from San Lorenzo, Guatemala are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guatemala):

Azimuth: 106.3°
Max altitude: 59.2°
Azimuth: 253.7°