K-type star · orange

Zeta Hya

Zeta Hya is an orange in the constellation Hydra 167 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,796 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 130× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 3.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 167 years ago.

167 lybrightness mag 3.11G8III-IV

Also catalogued as HR 3547 · HD 76294 · HIP 43813

4,796 K
temperature
3.11
apparent magnitude
130× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III-IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
167 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
130×
the Sun's light output
-0.44
absolute magnitude
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Zeta HyaK-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 364912 ly
StarDelta Hya14 ly
Star50 Cnc21 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarNu Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 3.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Hydra

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.