Constellations
Hydrus (Hyi)
The Lesser Water Snake
Also known as lesser water snake.
6 looks for Hydrus
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Hydrus
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Lesser Water Snake
- IAU abbreviation
- Hyi
- Its stars are named
- Hydri (as in "Alpha Hydri")
- Family
- Bayer family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in December
- Centre
- Right ascension 2h 14m, declination −70° 04′
- The figure
- 6 stars joined by 5 lines
- Brightest star
- β Hyi, magnitude 2.80
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- β Hyimag 2.80
- α Hyimag 2.86
- γ Hyimag 3.24
- δ Hyimag 4.09
- ε Hyimag 4.11
- η2 Hyimag 4.69
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation