How to see it
10 Hya has a visual magnitude of about 6.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 10 Hya: right ascension 8h 45m 1s, declination +5° 40′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
Catalog context
10 Hya. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42931, HD 74591, Gaia DR3 582957530289386624. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 582957530289386624
- HIP
- 42931
- HD
- 74591
- gaia_dr3
- 582957530289386624
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 10 Hya
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 582957530289386624
- HD 74591
- HIP 42931
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.11