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Zeta Hydrae (ζ Hya ζ Hydrae) is a solitary star in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. This is a generally faint constellation so at an apparent visual magnitude of +3.10 this is the third brightest member after Alphard and Gamma Hydrae. The distance to this star has been measured using the parallax technique yielding a value of roughly 167 light-years (51 parsecs).
