A-Hya (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , a-Hya is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:20 (EDT), 35° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:34, 35° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:44, when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
A-Hya
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h40m01s [4] |
| Declination: | −12°28'31" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: | 4.98 (V) [2] 6.84 (BT) [2] 5.13 (VT) [2] 4.48 (G) [4] 5.23 (BP) [4] 3.64 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 129.1 parsec 420.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.45 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 81.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 271.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.57 |
Sources