ε-Hya (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , ε-Hya is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:43, when it reaches an altitude of 16° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:36, 55° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:37, 52° above your south-western horizon.

Name ε-Hya
Object type Star
Other names
ε-Hya
Epsilon Hydrae
11-Hya
11 Hydrae
HR 3482[1]
HD 74874
HIP 43109[3]
TYC 224-1333-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:08h46m46s [2]
Declination:+06°25'07" [2]
Constellation:Hydra
Magnitude:
Variable
3.42 (V) [2]
4.25 (BT) [2]
3.49 (VT) [2]
Distance:39.6 parsec
129.2 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.65
Proper motion (speed):232.3 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):259.1°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.43

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