Beta Hydri
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{{Starbox begin | name=Beta Hydri }} {{Starbox observe | epoch=J2000 | ra=00h 25m 45.1s | dec=-77° 15′ 15″ | appmag_v=2.80 | constell=Hydrus }} {{Starbox character | class=G2 IV | b-v=0.61 | u-b=0.11 | variable=Suspected }} {{Starbox astrometry | radial_v=22.9 | prop_mo_ra=2,220.12 | prop_mo_dec=324.37 | parallax=133.86 | p_error=0.51 | dist_ly=24.35 | dist_pc=7.47 | absmag_v=3.43 }} {{Starbox detail | mass=1.1 | radius=1.46 | luminosity=3.53 | temperature=5,750 | metal=49-100% | rotation=3.3 km/sec. (~29 days) | age=6 × 109 }} {{Starbox catalog | names=Gl 19, HR 98, CD -77°15, HD 2151, LHS 6, LTT 226, GCTP 69, SAO 255670, CP(D)-77 16, FK5 11, LPM 22, LFT 43, HIP 2021. }} Template:Starbox end Beta Hydri (β Hyi / β Hydri) is a star in the constellation Hydrus (Note that Hydrus is not the same as Hydra).
It is about 24.4 light years away from Earth. Beta Hydri is often studied because it might give insights on what might happen to our Sun in the next 2.5 billion years.
At around 150 B.C., this star was two degrees away from the southern celestial pole. It is currently the nearest relatively bright star to the southern pole.