Its story
Xi Hya has a visual magnitude of about 3.29: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Xi Hya: right ascension 11h 32m 60s, declination −31° 51′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Corvus constellation (IAU figure Crv).
Xi Hya. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56343, HD 100407, Gaia DR3 3478394889483944320. In the SkyKeepsake Corvus (Crv) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 56343
- Right ascension
- 11h 32m 60s
- Declination
- −31° 51′ 28″
- Magnitude
- 3.29
- Distance
- ≈ 131 ly
Data: gaia-dr3