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Delta Hydri
δ Hydri
Location of δ Hydri (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Hydrus
Right ascension 02h 21m 44.94286s[1]
Declination −68° 39′ 33.9038″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.09[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A2 V[3]
U−B color index +0.05[2]
B−V color index +0.03[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+6.00[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -49.95[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +2.48[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)23.35±0.34 mas[1]
Distance140 ± 2 ly
(42.8 ± 0.6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.92[3]
Details
Mass2.25[5] M
Radius2.3[5] R
Luminosity39.52[3] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.98[6] cgs
Temperature9,880±336[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.12[3] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)162[6] km/s
Age209[6] Myr
Other designations
δ Hyi, CPD−69°113, FK5 1065, GC 2872, HD 15008, HIP 11001, HR 705, SAO 248545
Database references
SIMBADdata

Delta Hydri, Latinized from δ Hydri, is a single,[7] white-hued star in the southern constellation of Hydrus. It is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.09.[2] The distance to this star, based upon an annual parallax shift of 23.35 mas,[1] is about 140 light years. It is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +6 km/s.[4]

This is an ordinary A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A2 V[3] It is about 209 million years old and has a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 162 km/s.[6] This is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 7% larger than the polar radius.[8] The star has 2.25 times the mass of the Sun and 2.3 times the Sun's radius.[5] It is radiating 39.5[3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 9.880.[6] Delta Hydri has been checked for an infrared excess, but none was found.[7]

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