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Hydrus constellation

Hydrus. © 2003 Torsten Bronger.


Hydrus (abbreviation: Hyi), the Little Water Snake, is a small, faint constellation of the far southern sky (not to be confused with Hydra), partly sandwiched between the two Magellanic Clouds. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars.

 

Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0
star vis mag abs mag spec type distance (ly) RA (h m s) Dec (° ' ")
Beta 2.82 3.45 G2IV 24 00 25 46 -77 15 15
Alpha 2.86 1.16 F0V 71 01 58 46 -61 34 12
Gamma 3.26 -0.83 M2III 214 03 47 15 -74 14 20

 

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