μ-Hya (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , μ-Hya is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:27 (EDT), 26° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:24, 32° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:31, when it sinks below 17° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
μ-Hya
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 10h26m05s [4] |
| Declination: | −16°50'11" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: | 3.82 (V) [2] 5.77 (BT) [2] 3.98 (VT) [2] 3.27 (G) [4] 4.19 (BP) [4] 2.48 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 74.8 parsec 243.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.52 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 151.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 238.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.54 |
Sources