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Ophiuchus (/ ˌ ɒ f i ˈ juː k ə s /) is a large constellation straddling the celestial equator. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek ὀφιοῦχος ( ophioûkhos ), meaning "serpent-bearer", and it is commonly represented as a man grasping a snake.
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Theta Ophiuchi, Latinized from θ Ophiuchi, is a multiple star system in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus.It lies on the "right foot" of the serpent-bearer, just southwest of Kepler's Star, the nova of 1604.
The word itself is a hapax legomenon (i.e., a word appearing only once in a text) of the Hebrew Bible. In Yiddish , the term mazalot came to be used in the sense of "astrology" in general, surviving in the expression " mazel tov ," meaning "good fortune."
Page from Codex Sinaiticus with text of Matthew 6:4–32 Alexandrinus – Table of κεφάλαια (table of contents) to the Gospel of Mark. The great uncial codices or four great uncials are the only remaining uncial codices that contain (or originally contained) the entire text of the Bible (Old and New Testament) in Greek.
Kappa Ophiuchi, Latinized from κ Ophiuchi, is a star in the equatorial constellation Ophiuchus.It is a suspected variable star with an average apparent visual magnitude of 3.20, [2] making it visible to the naked eye and one of the brighter members of this constellation.
Rho Ophiuchi (ρ Ophiuchi) is a multiple star system in the constellation Ophiuchus. The central system has an apparent magnitude of 4.63. [2] Based on the central system's parallax of 9.03 mas, [1] it is located about 360 light-years (110 parsecs) away. [1] The other stars in the system are slightly farther away. [11]
Nu Ophiuchi and its brown dwarf companion Nu Ophiuchi b. Nu Ophiuchi has about three times the mass of the Sun and is roughly 450 million years old. [4] The spectrum of the star matches a stellar classification of K0 IIIa, [3] indicating it is a giant star that has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence of stars.