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Gamma Hydri

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Magnitude
  
3.26

Apparent magnitude (V)
  
3.26

Constellation
  
Hydrus

Similar
  
HD 10180, SMSS J03130036‑6708393, Alpha Tucanae, Gamma Hydrae

γ Hydri, Latinised as Gamma Hydri, is a star in the constellation Hydrus. Located around 65.61 parsecs (214.0 ly) distant, it is a red giant of spectral type M2III, a star that has used up its core hydrogen and has expanded. A semiregular variable, it pulsates between magnitudes 3.26 and 3.33, although its period is not yet known precisely.

References

Gamma Hydri Wikipedia