Star profile
Epsilon Hydrus
Hot blue starWhat is Epsilon Hydrus
Epsilon Hydri is a blue-white B-type star inside the small Hydrus, the lesser serpent that winds near the south celestial pole. It shines with the hard, youthful light of hot stars, with no traditional name attached to it — only the Greek ordering assigned by Bayer in his 1603 atlas. At 152 light years, it stands as a discreet beacon in a region of the sky barely visible from the north.
Where it is and when to see it
Epsilon Hydrus lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Epsilon Hydrus
- Constellation
- Hydrus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.12
- Distance
- 151.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 39.897° · Dec -68.267°
- Catalogue
- HIP 12394 · HD 16978
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Other stars in Hydrus
Hydrus has 20 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Hydrus2.82
- Alpha Hydrus2.86
- Gamma Hydrus3.26
- Delta Hydrus4.08
- Eta 2 Hydrus4.68
- Nu Hydrus4.76
- Zeta Hydrus4.83
- Lambda Hydrus5.09