KW-Hya (Star)

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

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From Columbus , KW-Hya is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 02:07, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:40, 42° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:13, 42° above your southern horizon.

Name KW-Hya
Object type Star
Other names
KW Hya
21-Hya
21 Hydrae
HR 3655[1]
HD 79193
HIP 45184[3]
TYC 4891-1371-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 5745846869663201024[4]
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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