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Also known as Hyi, Hydri, the Water Snake

Hydrus is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35-cm (14 in) diameter celestial globe published in late 1597 (or early 1598) in Amsterdam by Plancius and Jodocus Hondius. The first depiction of this constellation in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603. The French explorer and astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille charted the brighter stars and gave their Bayer designations in 1756. Its name mea

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Hydrus is a small constellation located in the southern sky that was created in the late 1500s based on observations made during voyages to the Southern Hemisphere. It was first recorded on a celestial globe in 1597-1598 and later appeared in star atlases, becoming an officially recognized part of the night sky that astronomers still use today for navigation and study.

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Key facts

Constellation.name
Hydrus
Constellation.abbreviation
Hyi
Constellation.genitive
Hydri
Constellation.pronounce
, genitive
Constellation.symbolism
the water snake
Constellation.RA
–
Constellation.dec
−57.85°–−82.06°
Constellation.family
Bayer
Constellation.quadrant
SQ1
Constellation.areatotal
243
Constellation.arearank
61st
Constellation.numbermainstars
3
Constellation.numberbfstars
19
Constellation.numberbrightstars
2
Constellation.numbernearbystars
1
Constellation.brighteststarname
β Hyi
Constellation.starmagnitude
2.82
Constellation.neareststarname
β Hyi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
constellation
Named after
snake
Official name
Hydrus
Area
243
Shares border with
Tucana
Image
Constellation Hydrus.jpg
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Commons category
Hydrus (constellation)
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Astronomy
topic's main category
Category:Hydrus
Commons gallery
Hydrus
short name
Hyi
time of discovery or invention
1597-00-00
discoverer or inventor
Petrus Plancius
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