Hydra

The Sea Serpent
(Hya)

       Hydra image mapCancerMonocerosSextansLeoVirgoComa BerenicesLibra

This constellation meanders its way through a large part of the sky and so has been drawn at a smaller scale than the other maps.

Brightest stars:

         ______epoch 2000.0______
 
         R Ascension   Declination m    Spectrum parallax common name
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Alpha    9h 27m 35.2s - 8° 39' 31"  1.98  K3II-III 0.022" Alphard
Gamma    13h 18m 55.3s -23° 10' 18"  3.00  G8-IIIa  0.027"
Zeta     8h 55m 23.6s   5° 56' 44"  3.11  G9II-III 0.035"
Nu       10h 49m 37.5s -16° 11' 37"  3.11  K2III    0.028"
Pi       14h 6m 22.3s -26° 40' 57"  3.27  K2III    0.049"
Epsilon  8h 46m 46.6s   6° 25'  8"  3.38v G5III    0.027"
Xi       11h 33m 0.1s -31° 51' 28"  3.54  G7III    0.027"
Lambda   10h 10m 35.3s -12° 21' 15"  3.61  K0III    0.027"
Mu       10h 26m 5.4s -16° 50' 11"  3.81  K4.5III  0.018"
Theta    9h 14m 21.9s   2° 18' 51"  3.88  B9.5V    0.027"
Iota     9h 39m 51.4s - 1°  8' 34"  3.91  K2.5III  0.026"
Upsilon1 9h 51m 28.7s -14° 50' 48"  4.12  G7III    0.021"
Delta    8h 37m 39.4s   5° 42' 13"  4.16  A1Vn     0.033"
Beta     11h 52m 54.6s -33° 54' 29"  4.28v B9IIIp   0.010"
Eta      8h 43m 13.5s   3° 23' 55"  4.30v B3V             
12       8h 46m 22.5s -13° 32' 52"  4.32  G8III    0.013"
Rho      8h 48m 26.0s   5° 50' 16"  4.36  A0Vn     0.014"
58       14h 50m 17.3s -27° 57' 37"  4.41  K4III    0.011"
Sigma    8h 38m 45.4s   3° 20' 29"  4.44  K1III    0.035"
Tau 2    9h 31m 58.9s - 1° 11'  6"  4.57  A3V      0.027"
Upsilon2 10h 5m 7.5s -13°  3' 53"  4.60  B9III-IV        
Tau 1    9h 29m 8.9s - 2° 46'  8"  4.60  F6V      0.072"
Omicron  11h 40m 12.8s -34° 44' 41"  4.70  B9V             
 



Deep sky objects:

 

M 48

 

M 68

 

M 83

                 ___epoch 2000.0___     m 
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NGC2548  M48    8h 13.6m  - 5° 48'   5.5    open cluster   
NGC3242        10h 25.0m  -18° 38'   --     planetary nebula
NGC4590  M68  12h 39.4m  -26° 45'   9.0    globular cluster
NGC5236  M83  13h 37.1m  -29° 52'   8.5    galaxy         
 





Neighbours:   Centaurus - Lupus -
Libra -Virgo - Corvus - Crater -Sextans - Leo - Cancer -Monceros - Pyxis - Antlia

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