✧ Hydrus Hydrus is an asterism in Hydrus. ⢀• ⢀⡞⠸⡄ ⢀⡞ ⢧ ⢀⡞ ⠸⡄ ⢀⡞ ⢧ ⢀⡞ ⠸⡄ ⢀⡞ ⢧ ⢀⡞ ⠸⡄ ⢀⡞ ⢧ ⢀⡞ ⠸⡄ ·⠤⢤⣀⣀ ⢧ ⠈⠉⠙⠒⠲⠤⢤⣀⣀ ⠸⡄ ⠈⠉⠙⠒• Type Asterism Constellation Hydrus Stars 3 More information about Hydrus Hydrus is a thin triangle of faint stars lying between the two Magellanic Clouds, which are the small companion galaxies of our own, and it is close enough to the south pole of the sky that it never sets from most of the southern hemisphere. It is another of the twelve constellations drawn from the measurements Pieter Keyser and Frederick de Houtman brought home from the Dutch voyage to the East Indies in the 1590s. The name is an unfortunate choice: Hydra is the ancient water snake of the northern sky and Hydrus the modern one of the south, and only two letters separate them. Etymology From Latin, from Greek Reading Hydrus Literally the male water snake The evolution of Hydrus over time -50,000 years Head of Hydrus ⠰•⠲⠤⠤⠤⣀⣀⣀⡀ ⡇ ⠈⠉⠉⠙⠒⠒⠒⠤⠤⠤⢄⣀⣀⡀ ⢇ ⠈⠉⠉⠉⠒⠒⠒⠦⠤⠤⢄⣀⣀⣀ ⢸ ⠉⠉⠉⠓⠒⠒⠢⠤⠤⠤⣀⣀⣀⡀ ⢸ ⠈⠉⠉⠉⠒⠒⠒⠦⠤⠤⢄⣀⣀⣀ ⡇ ⠉⠉⠉⠓⠒⠒⠢⠤⠤⢤⣀⣀⣀ ⡇ ⠉⠉⠉⠑⠒⠒⠲⠤⠤⠤⣀⣀⣀⡀ ⢹ ⢀⣀⣠⠤⠴⠒⠚⠉• ⢸ ⣀⣀⠤⠤⠒⠚⠉⠉ ⠈⡇ ⢀⣀⠤⠤⠒⠒⠉⠉ ⡇ ⢀⣀⡠⠤⠔⠒⠊⠉⠁ ⢱ ⢀⣀⣠⠤⠔⠒⠊⠉⠁ ⢸ ⢀⣀⣠⠤⠴⠒⠚⠉⠉ ⠘⡄ ⣀⣀⡤⠤⠖⠒⠋⠉ ⡇ ⢀⣀⡠⠤⠖⠒⠋⠉⠁ ⢣ ⢀⣀⡠⠤⠔⠒⠊⠉⠁ ⢸ ⣀⣀⠤⠤⠒⠊⠉⠁ ⠸⣄⠤⠤⠒⠒⠉⠉ · now ⢀ Head of Hydrus ⡰•⡀ ⡴⠁ ⢧ ⡼⠁ ⠸⡄ ⡜⠁ ⢧ ⢀⠜ ⠘⡄ ⢀⠎ ⢣ ⢠⠎ ⠘⡄ ⣠⠃ ⢱ ⣰⠃ ⠈⡆ ⡰⠁ ⢹ ⡰⠁ ⠈⡇ ⡜ ⢹ ⢀⡞ ⡇ ·⢤⣀⣀ ⢸ ⠉⠉⠒⠒⠦⠤⣄⣀⡀ ⢇ ⠈⠉⠉⠒⠒⠤⠤⣄⣀⡀ ⠸⡀ ⠈⠉⠑• +50,000 years ⠰•⠒⠒⠦⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀ ⢱ ⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠒⣒• Head of Hydrus ⢇ ⢀⠔⠁ ⠘⡆ ⢀⡰⠃ ⢱⡀ ⡠⠊ ⢣ ⣀⠞ ⠘⡆ ⢀⠔⠁ ⠸⡀ ⢀⡔⠃ ⢣ ⡤⠊ ⠈⡇ ⡠⠊ ⠸⡄ ⢠⠜⠁ ⢱⠔⠁ · Over 50,000 years either way the longest side of this figure changes by 153%, and the furthest any of its stars travels is 32.8 degrees. Proper motion only: this is the shape changing, not the sky turning or the pole moving. curl 'skymap.sh/Hydrus/evolution.gif' where it is tonight: skymap.sh/Hydrus