Hydra in
Constellation
The largest
constellation in the sky, Hydra is also known as ‘the Solitary One’ because there are no other bright stars anywhere in the
neighborhood. It is a southern
constellation that can be viewed in part in the northern winter and
spring
The
only star of note, Alphard (Alpha Hydrae - Arabic – ‘the solitary one’) is an orange giant at just under second magnitude
Contains
three Messier objects, M48 an open cluster, M68 a globular cluster and M83, a beautiful face on spiral galaxy
