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Hydra

Constellation Hydra

Meaning The Water Monster
Abbreviation Hya
Pronunciation Hi-dra
Hemisphere Northern
Zodiac No
Creator Ptolemy
Size (sq. deg.) 1302.844
Size (position) 1
Size (percentage) 3.16
Software (Picture) Night Vision (B.Simpson)
Constellations that surround Crater
  Sextans
  Leo
  Cancer
  Canis Minor
  Monoceros
  Puppis
  Pyxis
  Antila
  Centaurus
  Lepus
  Libra
  Virgo
  Corvus
 
Principle Stars Alphard
 
Nebulas\Galaxies M83
 M68
 M48
 



Legend / Myth
Hydra was a multi-headed sea creature that inhabited the lake near Lerna in the Argoid. It was alleged the lake had an entrance to the Underworld which it guarded. When one head was chopped off, another two would grow in its place. The only way of killing it was to chop off its head and setting fire to the severed neck. Hercules would chop off the head and Iolaus, a companion would set fire. During the fight, Hera set Cancer the crab to make things harder for Hercules.




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