β-Hya (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , β-Hya is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 14° above the horizon.
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Name
β-Hya
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 11h52m54s [4] |
| Declination: | -33°54'29" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.35 (V) [2] 4.24 (BT) [2] 4.34 (VT) [2] 4.78 (G) [4] 4.21 (BP) [4] 4.29 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 95.0 parsec 309.6 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.09 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 56.6 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 270.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.53 |
Sources