Hydra

Fixed stars in Hydra
Star	1900	2000	R A	Decl 1950	Lat	Mag	Sp
delta	08LEO55	10LEO18	128 45 09	+05 52 45	-12 23 49	4.18	A0
sigma	09LEO50	11LEO13	129 02 11	+03 31 05	-14 36 22	4.54	K3
eta	10LEO55	12LEO18	130 09 11	+03 34 46	-14 15 18	4.32	B5
epsilon	10LEO58	12LEO21	131 01 57	+06 36 12	-11 06 26	3.48	G0
rho	11LEO32	12LEO55	131 26 47	+06 01 25	-11 33 21	4.42	A0
zeta	13LEO12	14LEO35	133 11 17	+06 08 13	-10 58 25	3.30	G5
theta	18LEO54	20LEO17	137 56 27	+02 31 35	-13 03 08	3.84	A1
Alfard alpha	25LEO53	27LEO17	141 16 57	-08 26 27	-22 23 09	2.16	K3
iota	26LEO16	27LEO39	144 19 33	-00 54 54	-14 16 47	4.10	K3
upsilon	04VIR19	05VIR42	147 16 05	-14 36 40	-26 04 45	4.29	G6
lambda	07VIR59	09VIR22	152 02 15	-12 06 22	-22 00 48	3.83	G9
mu	13VIR40	15VIR03	155 55 03	-16 34 50	-24 40 16	4.06	K5
gamma	18VIR59	20VIR22	161 47 21	-15 55 53	-21 48 05	3.32	K3
xi	06LIB37	08LIB00	172 38 04	-31 34 51	-31 35 43	3.72	G7
beta	12LIB04	13LIB27	177 35 39	-33 37 47	-31 28 01	4.40	B9
gamma (46)	25LIB38	27LIB01	199 02 58	-22 54 30	-13 44 21	3.33	G6
49	07SCO15	08SCO38	210 52 46	-26 26 33	-13 02 37	3.48	K3

Events in history

Beheadings (the Hydra of Lerna had its head cut off by Hercules in his first labor)

May 19th, 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry the Eighth, was beheaded after she was convicted of adultery. - Saturn/Alfard
May 8th 1794, Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was executed on the guillotine during France's Reign of Terror. - Uranus/Alfard

Sexual scandals and harassment

April 11th 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations specifically prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors. - NNode/Alfard
Eclipse August 22 1998 on Alfard, the Clinton impeachment trial - The Monica Lewinsky affair (Clinton's Sun conjuncts Alfard).

Crimes caused through hatred of women

June 12th 1989, fourteen women were shot to death at the University of Montreal's school of engineering by a man who then took his own life. - SNode/Alfard

Nuclear bombs

First American hydrogen bomb dropped over Bikini atoll, May 20th 1956 - Pluto
April 26th 1968, the United States exploded beneath the Nevada desert a one-megaton
nuclear device called "Boxcar." - Jupiter/Alfard
Sept 5th 1960 The US announces the resumption of nuclear tests. - Uranus/Alfard

Navy (some interest in shipping)

Mar 27th 1794, President Washington and Congress authorized creation of the US Navy. - Uranus/Alfard

Suppression

Jun 28 1956 Anti-communist riots in Poland are suppressed. - Pluto/Alfard
Feb 3 1927. Revolt in Portugal is suppressed after heavy fighting. Neptune/Alfard
Aug 17 1961 The Berlin wall is constructed. - Uranus/Alfard