Eps

Its story

Epsilon Hydri is a blue-white B-type star inside the small Hydrus, the lesser serpent that winds near the south celestial pole. It shines with the hard, youthful light of hot stars, with no traditional name attached to it — only the Greek ordering assigned by Bayer in his 1603 atlas. At 152 light years, it stands as a discreet beacon in a region of the sky barely visible from the north.