Hydra constellation. Illustrated card from a 19th century astronomical teaching aid called Urania's Mirror,after the Greek muse of astronomy. This card shows the constellations Noctua (the owl; obsolete),Corvus (the crow),Crater (the cup),Sextans (the sextant,an astronomical navigational tool,also called Sextans Uraniae),Hydra (a serpent-like monster from Greek mythology),Felis (the cat; obsolete),Lupus (the wolf),Centaurus (the centaur,a horse-man hybrid),Antlia (the pump,here called the pneumatic pump),Argo Navis (the Argo,a ship from Greek mythology; obsolete),and Pyxis (the box or nautical compass). For the full set of 32 cards,see V700/172-203 |