Hydrus
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 | ||||||
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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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