Hydra

Quick Facts

Name:	Hydra HIGH-druh
Meaning:	Water Snake
Abbreviation:	Hya
Genitive:	Hydrae
Visible in Latitudes:	60° thru -90°
Viewing Season:	Spring
Best Seen In:	April, 9:00 pm
Transit Date:	February 15
Right Ascension:	10.12 hours
Declination:	-19.4 degrees
Area:	1302.844 sq. degrees

Star Diagram

Star Diagram: Hydra

About Hydra

Hydra guards the cup of water from Corvus, the Crow, forever denying him, a drink of water. Hydra also was the beast which Heracles (constellation Hercules) had to slay as one of his twelve labours.

Named Stars

Name		Star

Alphard		Alpha Hya
Al Minliar al Shuja		Sigma Hya

Messier Objects

Name		Type

M48		Open Cluster
M68		Globular Cluster
M83		Spiral Galaxy

Neighboring Constellations


Antlia	Libra
Cancer	Monoceros
Canis Minor	Puppis
Centaurus	Pyxis
Corvus	Sextans
Crater	Virgo
Leo