Naga

HR 5020 · HIP 64962 · γ Hya

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 3 mag
Parallax: 24.37 mas → about 133.8 light-years away
Spectral type: G8III
Right ascension: 199.7304°
Declination: -23.1715°
Designation: HR 5020
Bayer designation: γ Hya
HIP number: 64962
IAU name adopted: 2026-02-22
Name language: Sanskrit
Name origin (IAU): Sanskrit नाग, nāgá, means “large snake” or "serpent". Languages like Iban, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Malay, Marano, Portuguese, Tagalog and Yakan borrow the term; Japanese "naga" means "long"; German "Nagel" (nail) and English "naked" are derived from homophonous Sanskrit "nāga" for gold/ iron/ metal.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 134 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1892 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 3 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination -23.2° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.