Serpens

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

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 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. By Jim Kaler. Return to STARS.

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.

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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.

Constellations - Serpens - 24alp Ser (Unukalhai) Identification Data Common Name ...

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. 2 Pertaining to or incorporating a 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.

On the western border one finds one part of the constellation Serpens, Serpens Caput (head of the snake). Libra and Scorpius, which also covers the complete southern border.

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.

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.

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.... ".

In 2009, Pluto's apparent path will be just inside Sagittarius close to its border with Serpens. Being some way south of the celestial equator it will be well placed for viewing from the southern hemisphere.

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).

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.

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 ...

The newly discovered cluster lies in the direction of the constellation Aquila, near that star group's border with Serpens. It is between 10,000 and 17,000 light-years from Earth, with the closer distance being more probable.

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 ...

| Pavo | Pegasus | Perseus | Phoenix | Pictor | Pisces | Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Reticulum | Sagitta | Sagittarius | Scorpius | Sculptor | Scutum | Serpens ...

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