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Hydra the Water Snake, 000416
By Jeff Kanipe
posted: 06:09 am ET
16 April 2000
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skywatch2Sunday, April 16 The largest constellation in the sky, Hydra the Water Snake, stretches across the southern quadrant of the celestial sphere around 10 o'clock this evening. In all, Hydra covers 1,320.84 degrees. That's over 3 percent of the entire sky. When the moon is out of the way, return to this sprawling figure and look for M 48, a bright open cluster just visible to the naked eye and a beautiful sight in binoculars. Then get out your telescope and find M 83, a large face-on spiral galaxy, and M 68, a small globular cluster. ** Put the sky in the palm of your hand. Download SPACE.com's Skywatch, along with the latest space news, into your Palm Pilot or other handheld device. ** Jeff Kanipe is the author of A Skywatcher's Year, an astronomy guide just published by Cambridge University Press. He is a former editor at Astronomy and StarDate magazines and a writer for the Earth & Sky radio series.Reprints courtesy of Sienna Software, makers of Starry Night Pro software. For a free trial version of Starry Night contact Sienna Software.
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