Serpens Caput
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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 comes in two parts, Serpens Caput (the Head, to the west of Ophiuchus) and Serpens Cauda (the Tail, to the east), the Greek letters naming the stars divided between the two.
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.
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.
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.
Ophiuchus is depicted as a man supporting a serpent; the interposition of his body divides the snake into two parts, Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda, which are nonetheless counted as one constellation.
Notable features ...
The position of Ophiuchus splits the constellation Serpens into two parts, Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda (considered to be one constellation). Ophiuchus was previously known by its Latin name, Serpentarius, which also means "snake-holder." ...
Abbreviation: Ser
Genitive: Serpentis
Translation: The Serpent
Sky Charts: Serpens Caput (Ser1), Serpens Cauda (Ser2)
Peoria Astronomical Society Serpens Page
Interactive star chart (Java applet) ...
The constellation is a combination of three different figures. Ophiuchus is holding Serpens Caput in his left hand, and Serpens Cauda in his right. He is located south of Hercules and north of Scorpius.
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! ...
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.
The Serpent is being grasped in the hands of Ophiuchus the Serpent Holder. Thus the constellation wraps around Ophiuchus, and is divided into two parts: Serpens Caput (the head) and Serpens Cauda (the tail).
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 Caput.
Globular clusters are spherical clusters of 100,000's to several million stars (looking like a glob of stars) in very elliptical orbits around the center of the galaxy. Two globular clusters are shown below: Messier 5 (in Serpens Caput ...
 See also: Serpens, Constellation, Star, Ophiuchus, Sky
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