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The constellation Serpens (Caput) as it can be seen by the naked eye Marking the heart of the serpent is the constellation's brightest star, Alpha Serpentis . Traditionally called Unukalhai, [ 7 ] is a red giant of spectral type K2III located approximately 23 parsecs distant with a visual magnitude of 2.630 ± 0.009, [ 8 ] meaning it can easily ...
The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46.
This video clip shows a visualization of the three-dimensional structure of the Pillars of Creation. Closer view of one pillar. Pillars of Creation is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, in the Serpens constellation, some 6,500–7,000 light-years (2,000–2,100 pc; 61–66 Em) from Earth. [1]
NGC 6118 is a grand design spiral galaxy located 83 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens (the Snake). It was discovered on 14 April 1785 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. [3] NGC 6118 measures roughly 110,000 light-years across; about the same as our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
NGC 6027c is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies, which is located in the constellation Serpens. See also [ edit ]
The Red Square Nebula is a celestial object located in the area of the sky occupied by star MWC 922 in the constellation Serpens.The first images of this bipolar nebula, taken using the Palomar Observatory Hale Telescope in California, were released in April 2007.
Constellation map. Pages in category "Serpens" The following 122 pages are in this category, out of 122 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Eta Serpentis, Latinized from η Serpentis, is a star in the constellation Serpens. In particular, it lies in Serpens Cauda, the snake's tail. The star has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.260, [2] making it visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements give a distance estimate of 60.5 light-years (18.5 parsecs) from the Earth. [1]