Ophiuchus

Ophiuchus - The Serpent Holder

             O Rasalhague

                             o



           o Kelb al Rai

  o
o       o                                   o Marfik





             * M14                                       o Yed Prior

                                                        o Yed Posterior








                                o


                                  * M107
               O Sabik

Position

• Right Ascension: 17.18 hours
• Declination: -4.24 degrees
• Visable between latitudes 80 and -80 degrees
• Best seen in July (9pm)

Deep Sky Objects

• M9 (globular cluster)
• M10 (globular cluster)
• M12 (globular cluster)
• M14 (globular cluster)
• M19 (globular cluster)
• M62 (globular cluster)
• M107 (globular cluster)

Pluto will be located in this constellation until December 2003 except for a brief period in March/April of 2003 where it is in Serpens.

O`phi*u"chus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. , lit., holding a serpent; a serpent + to hold.] Astron.

A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius.

 

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