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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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ζ Hydrae (zeta Hydrae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:23 | Tran: 17:50 | Set: 0:17
Alt: 41.02°   Az: 208.82°   Direction: South-South-West

ζ Hydrae is a bright giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Hydra.

ζ Hydrae visual magnitude is 3.11. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ 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 ζ Hydrae (zeta Hydrae) star
DSS2 image of ζ Hydrae. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Hydrae during the next 1000 years (-1.65 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.23 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 56m 44s
+05° 50’ 50”
01h 25m 46s
10h 22m 30s

J2000

08h 55m 23s
+05° 56’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

222.34°
30.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Hydrae (zeta Hydrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.11
Bright giant

-0.21
G9II
4743K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Hydrae is distant 150.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

46.21
150.65
23 km/s
-0.099 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Hydrae
(zeta Hydrae)
SAO117264
SAO117264

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 84.2°
Max altitude: 44.4°
Azimuth: 275.8°