Constellations Gallery

Hydrus the Water Snake

Hydrus Constellation Hydrus Constellation with constellation lines

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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.

Lens 50mm
Exposure 20 Minutes. Diffuse filter used.
Film Kodak Supra 400
Date August 2003
Guiding Vixen GPDX
Location Kaituna, Masterton, New Zealand