Serpens

Serpens
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Serpens, or the Snake, is a constellation in the northern hemisphere. It was introduced by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century.

Serpens
Transit Date of principal star:
18 May
This is the second part of the Ophiuchus- Serpens group. The Serpent is being grasped in the hands of Ophiuchus the Serpent Holder.

Serpens is a bi-partite contellation with Serpent's Head (Serpens Caput) positioned West of Ophiuchus, while Serpent's Tail (Serpens Cauda) stretches East of it. Deep sky objects are are listed separately for each of those parts.

Serpens is a particularly annoying constellation for people like me who try to catagorize them.

Serpens is the snake being grasped by Ophiuchus, the Snake-Handler, and is thus very closely associated with it. Both were listed as constellations by Ptolemy.

Serpens
Abbreviation: Ser English name: Serpens Coordinates see Stellar data
Particulars: ...

See Serpens Cauda within the wide field around Sagittarius.
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The constellation of Ophiuchus is located between Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda, two parts of the constellation of Serpens. The southern part of Ophiuchus contains one of the darkest and most visually distinctive dark clouds of the Miky Way.

This constellation is unique, for it is divided into two parts - Serpens Caput, the head, and Serpens Cauda, the tail. Nevertheless, astronomers regard it as a single constellation. Serpens represents a huge snake held by the constellation Ophiuchus.

Serpens [Caput+Cauda] (Serpent [Head+Tail])
No Saint given; possibly one of Ghost Saint Geist's Minions (Anime)
Origin of the constellation: Ancient Greece ...

Serpens
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Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda - the head of the snake, the tail of the snake
Sextans - the sextant
Taurus - the bull ...

Serpens, the Snake is the only constellation that's cut in two. The head of the Serpent lies west of the giant constellation Ophiuchus and is known as Serpens Caput; while to the east of Ophiuchus lies smaller Serpens Cauda, the tail.

Constellation Serpens is composed of two parts: Serpens Caput (the Head of the Serpent) and Serpens Cauda (the Tail). Separating them is Constellation Ophiuchus, the Serpent Holder.

Ser, Serp International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Serpens (Cap. and Caud.). See constellation. Serpens (Cap. and Caud.) (abbr Ser, Serp) See constellation. servo 1. = servomechanism.

1604 - Johannes Kepler's supernova in Serpens is observed,
1862 - Alvan Clark observes Sirius B,
1866 - William Huggins studies the spectrum of a nova and discovers that it is surrounded by a cloud of hydrogen, ...

In this enumeration Serpens is included in Serpentarius and Lupus in Centaurus; these two constellations were separated by Hipparchus and, later, by Ptolemy.

The Hubble Space Telescope has directly observed protostars in the Orion Nebula and the Eagle Nebula (in the Serpens constellation). The protostars it has observed have been prematurely exposed.

Located in the constellation Serpens, globular cluster M5 is one of the few to show an elliptical shape. It is believed to be one of the oldest of the globular clusters, at an age of about 13 billion years.

It is located between Aquila, Serpens and Hercules, northwest of the center of the Milky Way. The southern part lies between Scorpius to the west and Sagittarius to the east.

The Eagle Nebula is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745-46. Its name derives from its shape which is reminiscent of an eagle....
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In 2010, Pluto's apparent path will be in Sagittarius quite close to Serpens and Ophiuchus. During 2010 Pluto will moving through the Milky Way with numerous background stars of a similar magnitude to the planet.

The Eagle Nebula (M16) consists of enormous columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust that are about 7,000 light-years from Earth (in the constellation Serpens).

The phenomenon of the reflected light has been nicknamed 'coreshine', which the team first identified in the molecular cloud L183 in the constellation Serpens Cauda last year.

There are actually three constellations in the image. Ophiuchus is holding the two constellations called Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda. These three can be seen beginning in June and ending in October. He can be found near Hercules and Scorpius.

6500 light-years from us, the nebula lies in the constellation Serpens; this image covers approximately 3.2 arcminutes across (6 light-years). The image is combined from data taken in November 4-7, 2004, for a total or 3.4 hours.

Officially it is one and I listed it as such but it is split by Ophiuchus the serpent holder into Serpens Caput (the head) and Serpens Cauda (the tail).
SBI! ...

Antares (Alpha Scorpii)
M80 cluster
Sculptor (Sculptoris) Scutum (Scuti) Serpens (Serpentis) Sextans (Sextantis) Taurus (Tauri)
Taurean system
Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri)
Gamma Tauri
T Tauri
Crab Nebula
Murasaki 312 ...

fairly large telescopes where it appears as a star-like object of 14th magnitude. Because of its great distance from the Sun Pluto only moves very slowly across the sky. At present it lies close to the borders of the constellations Libra and Serpens ...

the zodiac extends eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, an additional twelve constellations reside in part within the zodiac's belt of stars: Auriga, Canis Minor, Cetus, Corvus, Crater, Hydra, Ophiuchus, Orion, Pegasus, Scutum, Serpens and ...

Sculptor, the sculptor
Scutum, the shield
Serpens, the snake
Sextans, the sextant
Telescopium, the telescope
Triangulum, the triangle
Ursa Major, the big bear
Ursa Minor, the little bear
Vulpecula, the little fox ...

OK, now that you know all about meteors, I'll teach you how to spot the best meteor shower of the year! In the process, I'll introduce you to several more constellations (PEGASUS, LIBRA, SCORPIUS, SAGITTARIUS, OPHIUCHUS, and the two SERPENS) and ...

See also: Constellation, Star, Sky, Ophiuchus, Cluster

Topic: Astronomy