A-type star · white star

59 Hya

59 Hya is a white star in the constellation Hydra 369 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,712 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 61.26× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 369 years ago.

369 lybrightness mag 5.65A6IV

Also catalogued as HR 5577 · HD 132219 · HIP 73284

7,712 K
temperature
5.65
apparent magnitude
61.26× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A6IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
369 years
at light speed from Earth
1.34×
as hot as the Sun
61.26×
the Sun's light output
0.38
absolute magnitude
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59 HyaA-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
Star56 Hya21 ly
StarHR 561936 ly
Star60 Hya38 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To 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.