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The Greek constellation of Hydra is an adaptation of a Babylonian constellation: the MUL.APIN includes a "serpent" constellation (MUL.DINGIR.MUŠ) that loosely corresponds to Hydra. It is one of two Babylonian "serpent" constellations (the other being the origin of the Greek Serpens), a mythological hybrid of serpent, lion and bird. [2]
NGC 3200 is a large spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. Its velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background is 3,877 ± 25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 57.2 ± 4.0 Mpc (~187 million ly). NGC 3200 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden in 1882. [1]
NGC 2935 is a large intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 2,601 ± 23 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 38.4 ± 2.7 Mpc (~125 million ly). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 20 March 1786. [1] [2]
NGC 2835 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. It is located at a distance of circa 35 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 2835 is about 65,000 light years across. It was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on April 13, 1884. [3]
NGC 5495 is a very large barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. [1] [2] Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 6,989 ± 20 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 103.1 ± 7.2 Mpc (∼336 million ly). [3] [4] NGC 5495 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1834.
Upsilon 1 Hydrae (υ 1 Hydrae, abbreviated Ups 1 Hya, υ 1 Hya), also named Zhang, [6] is a yellow-hued star in the constellation of Hydra. It is visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.12. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 12.36 mas as seen from Earth, [1] it is located about 264 light-years from the Sun.
NGC 2936, also known as the Penguin Galaxy or the Porpoise Galaxy, is an interacting spiral galaxy located at a distance of 326 million light years, [3] in the constellation Hydra. NGC 2936 is interacting with elliptical galaxy NGC 2937, located just beneath it. They were both discovered by Albert Marth on Mar 3, 1864. [4]
Theta Hydrae, Latinized from θ Hydrae, is a binary star [8] system in the constellation Hydra.It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.9. [2] The star system has a high proper motion [8] with an annual parallax shift of 28.4 mas, [1] indicating a distance of about 115 light years.