Right ascension: 8h –15h

Declination: −20°

Area: 1303 sq. deg. (1st)

Main stars: 17

Bayer/Flamsteed stars: 75

Stars with planets: 18

Stars brighter than 3.00m: 2

Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly): 4

Brightest star: Alphard (α Hya) (1.98m)

Messier objects: 3

Meteor showers: Alpha Hydrids, Sigma Hydrids

Bordering constellations

• Antlia

• Cancer

• Canis Minor

• Centaurus

• Corvus

• Crater

• Leo

• Libra

• Lupus (corner)

• Monoceros

• Puppis

• Pyxis

• Sextans

• Virgo