Serpens
The constellation Serpens is very unique in many different ways. The most noticeable is that it lays in two parts; Serpens Caput which is the head of the serpent and Serpens Cauda, the tail of the serpent. These two separate constellations are joined to form one of the largest constellations in the sky. Serpens is also very unique because it is joined by another constellation, Ophiuchus. Ophiuchus is a man holding onto the serpent. These two constellations appear right next to the Milky Way causing many star formations and exciting stellar activity within the two constellations. (Moore, 128) In 1604, a supernova with a magnitude of -2.5 appeared next to the right leg of Ophiuchus and dissipated in 1605. This supernova is known as "Kepler's Supernova." There are only three records of supernovas appearing in this galaxy, and this one is included. Because Ophiuchus and Serpens occupy such a wide celestial field in the West Side of the Milky Way, it is constantly being o! A mortal woman named Eoronius lay on a hillside preparing to give birth and she was with a man named Ischys. As Coronius waited for her son, the baby's father, Apollo, looked down upon earth and witness
During the end of the 15th century and most of the 16th century, many comets passed through the constellations Ophiuchus and Serpens. People had little understanding of these comets that appeared in the years 1495, 1523, 1537, and 1569 and compared these constellations to Satan. Moore, Patrick. Naked Eye Astronomy. W.W. Norton & Company Inc; New York, Serpens and Ophiuchus' positioning are very interesting mostly having to do with the sun. Although Ophiuchus is not one of the twelve Zodiac signs, Mr. Royal Hill, an astronomer, writes "Out of the twenty-five days from the 21st of November to the 16th of December, which the sun spends its time passing from Libra to Sagittarius, only nine are actually spent in the Scorpion, the other sixteen are being passed through Ophiuchus. This makes Ophiuchus more of a zodiacal constellation that the Scorpion. Ophiuchus is the only constellation that the sun enters but is not a part of the twelve signs of the zodiac. This was because Ophiuchus' southern area used to be a part of Scorpious and was changed later. Moore, Patrick. Naked Eye Astronomy. W.W. Norton & Company Inc; New York, This constellation can be seen in late spring and through most of the summer. On a July chart it is practically due south and relatively high above the horizon next to the Milky Way. Despite Serpens position in the sky, it is still fairly difficult to see. The two constellations together (Caput and Cauda) only contain one star above a magnitude of 3.5. Since these constellations are so close to the Milky Way, it is very easy to confuse these stars with others because there is such a cluster of stars around them. The constellations around Serpens used to find it, are Ophiuchus, which is the separator of Caput and Cauda. Hercules takes up most of the southern sky extending almost to the zenith. Hercules, Ophiuchus, and Serpens are considered to make up the most confusing part of the sky. In this region there are no well-marked patterns and all of these three constellations are hopelessly intertwined with only one bright star, Alpha Ophiuchi. Other constellations around! On a clear night, these conste
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