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YED POSTERIOR (Epsilon Ophiuchi). From the southwest corner of the giant constellation Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, two stars stare down at us like a pair of eyes, both named Yed, meaning "the hand.
It is located in the northeast part (15:19:26.8-07:43:20.2, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Libra, the Scales -- northeast of Delta Librae, north of Gamma Librae and Graffias (Beta Scorpii), and southwest of Epsilon (Yed Posterior) and Delta (Yed ...
Delta and Epsilon Ophiuchi are called Yed Prior and Yed Posterior. These are compound names, formed from the Arabic al-yad, meaning ‘hand', with the Latin words Prior and Posterior added to give names meaning the ‘leading' and ‘ ...
[5795] delta Ophiuchi (Yed Prior), a red giant 170 light-years distant, and [5798] epsilon Ophiuchi (Yed Posterior), a class G giant 108 light-years distant, form a naked eye optical double and mark Ophiuchus' left arm. (Yed means "hand" in Arabic.) ...
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Yed Prior Delta Ophiuchi
Yed Posterior Epsilon Ophiuchi
Yildun Delta Ursae Minoris ...
RASALHAGUE (Alpha Oph)
Cebalrai (Beta Oph)
Yed Prior (Delta Oph)
Yed Posterior (Epsilon Oph)
Sabik (Eta Oph)
Marfic (Lambda Oph) ...
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 ...
 See also: Delta, Yed Prior, Epsilon, Star, Sky
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