Its story
51 Hya has a visual magnitude of about 4.35: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 51 Hya: right ascension 14h 23m 6s, declination −27° 45′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).
51 Hya. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 70306, HD 125932, Gaia DR3 6269720523431409536. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 70306
- Right ascension
- 14h 23m 06s
- Declination
- −27° 45′ 16″
- Magnitude
- 4.35
- Distance
- ≈ 171 ly
Data: gaia-dr3