CEBALRAI (Beta Ophiuchi). At the northern tip of Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, lies Rasalhague, the bright Alpha star.
Kelb Alrai; Kabalrai; Cheleb; Celb-al-Rai.
Beta Ophiuchii
HR 6603
HD 161096 ...
It is located in the eastern part (18:19:50.8-1:56:19.0, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Serpens (Cauda or the Tail), the Snake -- west of Alya (Theta1,2 Serpens), northeast of Eta Serpens, east of Cebalrai (Beta Ophiuchi) and Gamma Ophiuchi, ...
[2322] gamma Cephei, also known as Errai, Alrai or Er Rai ("shepherd") is a binary star about 45 light-years distant. Its primary component is an orange subgiant star believed to be 6.6 billion years old.
Their radial-velocity observations suggested the presence of a planet orbiting the star Gamma Cephei (also known as Alrai).
Al Durajah (γ Oph), Cebalrai (β Oph), Han (ζ Oph), Helkath (κ Oph), Imad (θ Oph), Rasalhague (α Oph), Marfic (λ Oph), Sabik (η Oph), Sinistra (ν Oph), Yed Prior (δ Oph), Yed Posterior (ε ...
Cebalrai Beta Ophiuchi
Celaeno 16 Tauri
Chara Alpha Canum Venaticorum
Cheleb Beta Ophiuchi
Chertan Theta Leonis
Chort Theta Leonis
Chow Beta Serpentis
Cor Caroli Alpha Canum Venaticorum
Cursa Beta Eridani ...
RASALHAGUE (Alpha Oph)
Cebalrai (Beta Oph)
Yed Prior (Delta Oph)
Yed Posterior (Epsilon Oph)
Sabik (Eta Oph)
Marfic (Lambda Oph) ...
named stars: Alderamin(Alpha Cep),Alfirk(Beta Cep) ,Alrai(Gamma Cep),Herschel's "garnet star" (Mu Cep), Alkurhah (Xi Cep) ,Al kalb al rai (Rho 2 Cep) ...
Named stars: Alpha Oph (Ras Alhague), Beta Oph (Celbalrai), Delta Oph (Yed), Epsilon Oph (Yed), Eta Oph (Sabik) ...
The brightest star in Ophiuchus is second-magnitude Alpha Ophiuchi, called Rasalhague from the Arabic meaning ‘the head of the serpent collector'. Beta Ophiuchi is called Cebalrai from the Arabic for ‘the shepherd's dog'; ...
 See also: Star, Sky, Cebalrai, Ophiuchus, Constellation
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