20-Hya (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 20-Hya is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:20 (EDT), 37° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:03, 38° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:27, when it sinks below 20° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
20-Hya
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h09m35s [4] |
| Declination: | −08°47'15" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: | 5.46 (V) [2] 6.71 (BT) [2] 5.57 (VT) [2] 5.20 (G) [4] 5.70 (BP) [4] 4.56 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 170.6 parsec 556.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.97 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 18.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 247.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.70 |
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