Hydra the Water Snake unfurls across the southern sky during late March and April evenings. The long constellation begins just below the bright planet Jupiter and coils toward the southeast, crossing ...

Follow the coils of Hydra this spring to see some of the most strikingly colorful stars in the sky. Out of the 88 constellations, more than half represent animals or hybrids of animals. Some of these ...

Hydra is far from being the most prominent constellation in the sky, but the celestial Water Snake has perhaps the most intriguing history. And it has a strong claim to be oldest star-pattern, dating ...

Faint constellations representing crow, cup and serpent feature in classical Greek and Roman myth This week offers us the opportunity to locate three of the fainter constellations that are linked by ...