Sigma Hydrae

σ Hydrae (Sigma Hydrae, σ Hya ) is a star with an apparent magnitude of 4.4 mag in the constellation Hydra. He belongs to the spectral type K1 III and is about 400 light years away.

He wears a historical proper names: Minchir, Minchar, Al Minchar al Shuja (Arabic منخر الشجاع, DMG manḫir aš - šuǧā ʿ, nose of the water snake ').

Coordinates ( equinox 2000.0 )

  • Right Ascension: 8h38m45.40s
  • Declination: 03 ° 20'29 .0 "
  • Individual fourth star size
  • Water snake ( constellation )
Light-year DIN 31635
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