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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.
Ophiuchus (/ ˌ ɒ f i ˈ juː k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ὀφιοῦχος, lit. 'Serpent-bearer'; astrological symbol ⛎︎) has been proposed as a 13th sign of the sidereal and tropical zodiac. The idea appears to have originated in 1970 with Steven Schmidt's suggestion of a 14-sign zodiac, also including Cetus as a sign.
Wolf 1061 c is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Wolf 1061 in the constellation Ophiuchus, about 14.1 light-years from Earth.At the time of discovery, it was the closest known potentially habitable exoplanet to Earth, though several closer ones have since been found.
GJ 1214 b (sometimes Gliese 1214 b, [6] also named Enaiposha since 2023 [2]) is an exoplanet that orbits the star GJ 1214, and was discovered in December 2009. Its parent star is 48 light-years (15 pc) from the Sun, in the constellation Ophiuchus. At the time of its discovery, GJ 1214 b was the most likely known candidate for being an ocean planet.
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]
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 ...
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.