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Serpens (Ancient Greek: Ὄφις, romanized: Óphis, lit. 'the Serpent') is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere.One of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, it remains one of the 88 modern constellations designated by the International Astronomical Union.
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 Serpentis (θ Serpentis, abbreviated Theta Ser, θ Ser) is a triple star system in the constellation of Serpens.. It consists of a binary pair designated Theta Serpentis AB and whose two components are designated Theta 1 Serpentis or Theta Serpentis A (officially named Alya / ˈ æ l i ə /, the traditional name for the entire system) [8] [9] and Theta 2 Serpentis or Theta Serpentis B ...
The Greek constellation of Hydra is an adaptation of a Babylonian constellation: the MUL.APIN includes a "serpent" constellation (MUL.DINGIR.MUŠ) that loosely corresponds to Hydra. It is one of two Babylonian "serpent" constellations (the other being the origin of the Greek Serpens ), a mythological hybrid of serpent, lion and bird. [ 2 ]
5 Serpentis is a wide binary star [9] system in Serpens Caput, the western section of the equatorial constellation of Serpens. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.10. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 39.40 ± 0.29 mas [1] as viewed from Earth's orbit, it is located 83 light years away.
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Alpha Serpentis is a giant star with a stellar classification of K2IIIbCN1, [4] having consumed the hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence.It has 1.6 [7] times the mass and 13.5 times the radius of the Sun. [8] It is most likely a horizontal branch or red clump star, fusing helium into carbon and heavier elements within its core. [3]