ι-Hya (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ι-Hya is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:19 (EDT), 42° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:37, 46° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:55, when it sinks below 17° above your western horizon.
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Name
ι-Hya
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h39m51s [4] |
| Declination: | −01°08'35" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.89 (V) [2] 5.61 (BT) [2] 4.04 (VT) [2] 3.47 (G) [4] 4.23 (BP) [4] 2.71 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 77.5 parsec 252.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.33 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 77.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 143.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.55 |
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