Constellation of Hydra (east)
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Hydra
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Image and text ©2008 Akira Fujii/David Malin Images.

In the picture above north is at the top and the image covers 56.06 x 70.1 degrees.
Image centre is located at 14:29:54.5, -27:52:27 (H:M:S, D:M:S, J2000) Astrometric data from Astrometry.net.

The Eastern part of Hydra (and all of all of Libra)
Best seen in the early evening during March to May

The main Hydra page with commentary is here
The western end of Hydra is here.
The stars in the head of Hydra are best seen on the Sextans page.

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David Malin, 2009 October 15