Hydra
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CONSTELLATION OF HYDRA

Name: Hydra
Abbreviation: Hya
Meaning: Sea Serpent
Right Ascension: 8-15h
Declination: -20º
Area (Degrees squared): 1,303
Stars with known planets: 6
Bordering Constellations: Antlia, Cancer, Canis Minor, Centaurus, Corvus, Crater, Leo, Libra, Lupus, Monoceros, Puppis, Pyxis, Sextans, Virgo

Visible at latitudes between +54º and -83º and best at 21.00h during April. In the northern hemisphere, the constellation of Hydra is considered a springtime constellation, visible between January and June depending on the time of night.

Hydra is the largest of the 88 constellations, winding a quarter of the way around the sky. Its head is south of the constellation Cancer while the tip of its tail lies between Libra and Centaurus.

Hydra
Hydra
Observations
Deep Sky Objects:
M48 - an Open Star Cluster.
M68 - a Globular Cluster.
M83 - a face-on Spiral Galaxy known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy.

Despite Hydra´s size, there is nothing prominent about this constellation. Its only star of note is 2nd magnitude Alphard. Numbered Stars with Magnitudes are:
1. +2.95
2. +4.90
3. +4.60
4. +3.50
5. +3.10
6. +3.80
7. +3.60
8. +4.10
9. +1.95 - Alphard
10. +4.55
11. +4.50
12. +3.10
13. +4.35
14. +3.40
15. +4.10
16. +4.45
17. +4.30

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