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F Hydrae
Location of F Hya (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Hydra[1]
Right ascension 08h 43m 40.37345s[2]
Declination −07° 15′ 01.4323″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.64[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type G1Ib[4]
B−V color index +0.80[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)28.50[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −11.62[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −1.36[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.24±0.17 mas[2]
Distance770 ± 30 ly
(236 ± 9 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.77[6]
Details
Mass5.2[4] M
Radius110[7] R
Luminosity4,502[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.08[4] cgs
Temperature5,288[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.01[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)10.5[9] km/s
Age89[4][10] Myr
Other designations
F Hya, 31 Mon,[11] HR 3459, HD 74395, BD−06°2708, SAO 136221, HIP 42835, WDS J08437-0714
Database references
SIMBADdata

F Hydrae, also known as HD 74395, is a star in the constellation Hydra with an apparent magnitude is 4.64. It was catalogued as 31 Monocerotis, but this name is now rarely used since the star is now within the boundaries of Hydra.[11] With about five times the mass of the Sun, it is a relatively low mass yellow supergiant several thousand times more luminous than the Sun.

F Hya is a catalogued as a triple star, with 8th magnitude BD−06°2707 80" away and 13th magnitude companion at 57".[12]

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