KX-Hya (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , KX-Hya is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:38, when it reaches an altitude of 20° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:30, 44° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:29, 42° above your southern horizon.
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Name
KX-Hya
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h49m21s [4] |
| Declination: | −03°26'35" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.28 (V) [2] 5.17 (BT) [2] 5.27 (VT) [2] 5.28 (G) [4] 5.23 (BP) [4] 5.33 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 131.7 parsec 429.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.08 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 30.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 221.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.32 |
Sources