κ-Hya (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , κ-Hya is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:20 (EDT), 30° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:34, 33° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:32, when it sinks below 20° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
κ-Hya
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h40m18s [4] |
| Declination: | −14°19'56" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.04 (V) [2] 4.88 (BT) [2] 5.03 (VT) [2] 5.03 (G) [4] 4.96 (BP) [4] 5.16 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 143.0 parsec 466.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.13 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 33.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 232.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.73 |
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