Constellation Chart

Hydrus

Hydrus, "The Lesser Snake", was one of Johann Bayer's constellations, found first in his 1603 publication Uranometria. It was meant to be the southern hemisphere's answer to Hydra, but it has far fewer objects of interest. Hydrus is a rather stiff snake, perhaps mostly resembling a cobra, with its head erect and body curled. As with most of these obscure constellations, its Bayer stars are far from complete, and fairly faint.

Galaxies in Hydrus

NGC 1511

The small nebula of NGC 1511 is nevertheless conspicuous in a field sprinkled with stars; it is fairly bright and quite narrow, about 2’ x 0.5’ in pa 120 deg, rising in brightness to the central axis.”

NGC 1473

NGC 1473 is a small elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Hydrus.

IC 1717

Interstellar galaxy: IC 1717 is not known very well. and it is safe to say that no one really knows what it is. but in time with future research we may very well find the answers to all our questions