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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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Ukdah - ι Hydrae (iota Hydrae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:19 | Tran: 18:11 | Set: 0:02
Alt: 28.44°   Az: 136.09°   Direction: South-East

Ukdah, also designated as ι Hydrae (iota Hydrae), is a variable giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Hydra.

Ukdah visual magnitude is 3.91. Because of its moderate brightness, Ukdah 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 Ukdah - ι Hydrae (iota Hydrae) star
DSS2 image of Ukdah. The red arrow shows the motion of Ukdah during the next 10000 years (8.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 41m 09s
-01° 15’ 31”
21h 29m 37s
07h 10m 46s

J2000

09h 39m 51s
-01° 08’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

236.49°
35.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Ukdah - ι Hydrae (iota Hydrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.91
Giant

-0.73
K2III
4086K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Ukdah is distant 275.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

84.53
275.57
23 km/s
0.049 arcsec/y
-0.064"/y

Alternative Designations

Ukdah
ι Hydrae
(iota Hydrae)
SAO137035
SAO137035

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 91.3°
Max altitude: 37.3°
Azimuth: 268.7°