Deep-sky objects in Hydra
Sky Map
The sky above you at 19:36
This interactive sky map shows the positions of the brightest celestial objects from your location. Move it horizontally to follow how their positions change through the night.
M48
Open Cluster
An open star cluster containing over 200 stars, located approximately 1,500 light-years away in the constellation Hydra.
M83
Galaxy
Barred spiral galaxy exhibits prominent spiral arms and active star formation regions.
M68
Globular Cluster
A globular cluster containing hundreds of thousands of stars, located approximately 33,000 light-years away in the constellation Hydra.
Data Credits
The deep-sky information on this page comes from the OpenNGC project developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed catalog data for nebulae, galaxies, clusters and other deep-sky objects.
For details or contributions, visit the official repository: OpenNGC GitHub.



















