F Hydrae
{{Short description|Star in the constellation Hydra}}
{{Starbox begin
|name= F Hydrae
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{{Starbox image
| image=
{{Location mark
|image=Hydra constellation map.svg
|float=center
|alt=
|label=
|position=right
|width=340
|mark=Red circle.svg
|mark_width=8
|mark_link=F Hydrae
|x=898|y=220
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|caption=Location of F Hya (circled)
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{{Starbox observe
| epoch = J2000
| dec = {{DEC|-07|15|01.4323}}
| constell= Hydra
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{{Starbox character
| u-b =
| variable =
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{{Starbox astrometry
| parallax = 4.24
| p_error = 0.17
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{{Starbox detail
| luminosity =
| age_myr = 89{{cite journal|bibcode=2010MNRAS.402.1369L|arxiv=0911.1335|title=Accurate fundamental parameters for A-, F- and G-type Supergiants in the solar neighbourhood|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=402|issue=2|pages=1369|last1=Lyubimkov|first1=Leonid S.|last2=Lambert|first2=David L.|last3=Rostopchin|first3=Sergey I.|last4=Rachkovskaya|first4=Tamara M.|last5=Poklad|first5=Dmitry B.|year=2010|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15979.x|doi-access=free |s2cid=119096173}}
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{{Starbox catalog
| names = F Hya, 31 Mon,{{cite journal|bibcode=1903AnHar..48..125P|title=A catalogue of 1520 bright stars|journal=Annals of Harvard College Observatory |volume=48|pages=125|last1=Pickering|first1=Edward Charles|year=1903|issue=4 }} HR 3459, HD 74395, BD−06°2708, SAO 136221, HIP 42835, WDS J08437-0714
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{{Starbox reference
| Simbad=F+Hydrae
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{{Starbox end}}
F Hydrae, also known as HD 74395, is a star in the constellation Hydra with an apparent magnitude is 4.64. It was catalogued as 31 Monocerotis, but this name is now rarely used since the star is now within the boundaries of Hydra. It is a low mass yellow supergiant around a thousand times brighter than the sun and five times as massive.
F Hya is a catalogued as a triple star, with 8th magnitude BD-06°2707 80" away and 13th magnitude companion at 57".{{cite journal|bibcode= 2001AJ....122.3466M|title= The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog|journal= The Astronomical Journal|volume= 122|issue= 6|pages= 3466|last1= Mason|first1= Brian D.|last2= Wycoff|first2= Gary L.|last3= Hartkopf|first3= William I.|last4= Douglass|first4= Geoffrey G.|last5= Worley|first5= Charles E.|year= 2001|doi= 10.1086/323920|doi-access= free}}