A-Hya (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , a-Hya is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 01:10, when it reaches an altitude of 19° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:20, 35° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:29, 32° above your southern horizon.

Name A-Hya
Object type Star
Other names
a-Hya
a Hydrae
6-Hya
6 Hydrae
HR 3431[1]
HD 73840
HIP 42509[3]
TYC 5437-2459-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 5747442879511136640[4]
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

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