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Hydrus (water snake)Location: Southern HemisphereCoordinates: Right Ascension: 02h Declination: -75º Source: Modern constellation mapped by Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, circa 1595  The story behind the name: Hydrus, the water snake, was noted by Dutch navigators Pieter Dirszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman who charted the southern skies between 1595 and 1597 on a voyage to the East Indies. The constellation was introduced by Johann Bayer in his 1603 publication Uranometrica. Hydrus resembles a rearing snake, with its head erect and body twisted into a sinuous shape.
Introduction to Constellations | Constellation Sources | Constellations Index Objects observed by Chandra in Hydrus:
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Revised: August 30, 2006
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