Star profile

44 Hydrae

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 44 Hydrae

44 Hydrae is an orange K-type giant about 798 light-years away, threaded along Hydra —the largest of the 88 modern constellations. Its warm cast reveals a star past its prime, swollen far beyond its former main sequence. Its light departed in the early thirteenth century, when the first Latin universities were only beginning to debate the nature of the firmament.

Where it is and when to see it

44 Hydrae lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is March, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 15° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 26° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 80° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 66° N.

It ranks no. 48 in brightness among the 121 stars of Hydra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alphard, the brightest: it lies about 22° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 800 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 44 Hydrae

Constellation: Hydra
Apparent magnitude: 5.08
Distance: 797.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 158.504° · Dec -23.745°
Catalogue: HIP 51718 · HD 91550

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Other stars in Hydra

Hydra has 121 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 121 stars in Hydra