 Corvus (the box to left) andCrater (center and up to the left) ride the back ofsouthernHydra, which sprawls across the lowerhalf of the picture. Beta Hydrae, classical Hydra's southernmost star, is at the extreme lower edge near the far left. Continuing to the east, Gamma Hya is found to the east ofCorvus, while end of Hydra's tail (Pi Hya) is the west of southernLibra. Clockwise from upper left, Corvus's stars are Algorab (Delta), Gienah (Gamma), Minkar (Epsilon), and Kraz (Beta). Eta is to the left of Algorab, while Alchiba (Alpha) is belowMinkar. Alkes (Alpha Crateris) is just down and to the right of center, while Delta Crt is just above center. The red variable star R Crateris is immediately to the left of Alkes, while the deep red carbon star V Hydrae is down and a bit to the right of it. |
