Let ψ be a conformal map on D with ψ (0)=0 and let Fα ={z ∈D:|ψ (z)|=α} for α>0. Denote by H p (D) the classical Hardy space with exponent p>0 and by h (ψ) the Hardy number of ψ. Consider the limitswhere ω D (0, Fα) denotes the harmonic measure at 0 of Fα and d D (0, Fα) denotes the hyperbolic distance between 0 and Fα in D. We study a problem posed by P. Poggi-Corradini. What is the relation between L, μ and h (ψ)? Motivated by the result of Kim and Sugawa that h (ψ)=lim inf α→+∞ (log ω D (0, Fα) −1 log α), we show that h (ψ)=lim inf α→+∞ (d D (0, Fα)/log α). We also provide conditions for the existence of L and μ and for the equalities L=μ=h (ψ). Poggi-Corradini proved that ψ / ∈H μ (D) for a wide class of conformal maps ψ. We present an example of ψ such that ψ∈H μ (D).