KW-Hya (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , KW-Hya is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:03 (EDT), 41° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:53, 42° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:27, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
KW-Hya
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h12m26s [4] |
| Declination: | −07°06'35" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.10 (V) [2] 6.38 (BT) [2] 6.13 (VT) [2] 6.07 (G) [4] 6.17 (BP) [4] 5.87 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 85.3 parsec 278.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.22 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 22.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 298.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.45 |
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