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π Hydrae (pi Hydrae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:20 | Tran: 13:41 | Set: 17:02
Alt: -58.84°   Az: 47.29°   Direction: North-East

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

π Hydrae visual magnitude is 3.27. Because of its moderate brightness, π 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 π Hydrae (pi Hydrae) star
DSS2 image of π Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of π Hydrae during the next 1000 years (0.73 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.32 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 07m 47s
-26° 47’ 59”
13h 40m 51s
03h 48m 38s

J2000

14h 06m 22s
-26° 40’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

323°
33.25°

Finder Chart

Finder chart π Hydrae (pi Hydrae) star
Simplified finder chart for π Hydrae (pi Hydrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.27
Giant

0.81
K2III
4472K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Hydrae is distant 101.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

31.08
101.34
27 km/s
0.044 arcsec/y
-0.139"/y

Alternative Designations

π Hydrae
(pi Hydrae)
SAO182244
SAO182244
Gl 538.1

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 116.8°
Max altitude: 11.7°
Azimuth: 243.2°