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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.
Barnard's Star is a small red dwarf star in the constellation of Ophiuchus.At a distance of 5.96 light-years (1.83 pc) from Earth, it is the fourth-nearest-known individual star to the Sun after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system, and is the closest star in the northern celestial hemisphere. [15]
Nu Ophiuchi and its brown dwarf companion Nu Ophiuchi b. Nu Ophiuchi has about three times the mass of the Sun and is roughly 340 million years old. [6] 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.
However, Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, revived Orion with an antidote. This is said to be the reason that the constellation of Ophiuchus stands midway between the Scorpion and the Hunter in the sky. [28] The constellation is mentioned in Horace's Odes (Ode 3.27.18), Homer's Odyssey (Book 5, line 283) and Iliad, and Virgil's Aeneid (Book 1 ...
Epsilon Ophiuchi or ε Ophiuchi, formally named Yed Posterior (/ ˌ j ɛ d p ɒ ˈ s t ɪər i ər /), [12] [13] is a red giant [7] star in the constellation of Ophiuchus.Located less than five degrees south of the celestial equator in the eastern part of the constellation, [1] it forms a naked eye optical double with Delta Ophiuchi (named Yed Prior [13]).
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λ Ophiuchi, Latinized as Lambda Ophiuchi, is a triple star system [3] in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. [10] It has the traditional name Marfik / ˈ m ɑːr f ɪ k /, [11] which now applies exclusively to the primary component. [12] The system is visible to the naked eye as a faint point of light with an apparent visual magnitude ...
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