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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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NGC 6426 is a globular cluster of stars located in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. It was discovered by the German-English astronomer William Herschel on 3 June 1786. [ 7 ] This cluster is at a distance of 67,000 light years from the Sun. [ 3 ] It has an apparent visual magnitude of 10.9 and an angular diameter of 4.2 ′ , making it ...
NGC 6325 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus. Its Shapley-Sawyer Concentration Class is IV, meaning that it has "intermediate rich concentration"; it was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel on 24 May 1835. It is at a distance of about 25,000 light years away from Earth. [4]
NGC 6633 is a large bright open cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus.Discovered in 1745-46 by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux, it was independently rediscovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 and included in her brother William's catalog as H VIII.72. [1]
This violent outburst, likely to have happened no less than 240 million years before, is the Ophiuchus Supercluster eruption—the most energetic astronomical event known. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] It was five times more energetic than the outburst at the galaxy cluster MS 0735.6+7421 , and 4.2 million times more energetic than GRB 221009A —the most ...
NGC 6384 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located about 77 million light-years away in the northern part of the constellation Ophiuchus.It was discovered on 10 June 1863 by German-British astronomer Albert Marth.
Messier 14 (also known as M14 or NGC 6402) is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Ophiuchus.It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764.. At a distance of about 30,000 light-years, M14 contains several hundred thousand stars.