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OPHIUCHUS
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1st period
NAME
• Common name: Ophiuchus
• Asterism: The snake handler
Serpentarius
LOCATION
• Right Ascension: 17.18 hours
• Declination: -4.24 degrees
• Size: 948 square degrees
• Relative size: 11th in comparison
• Neighbors: Hercules, Serpent
Libra, Scorpius,
Sagittarius
Caput,
and
VISIBILITY
• When: June through August
• Located: south of Hercules
and north of Scorpius
• Brightest stars: Alpha Ophiuchi
Ra-17 Dec-12
Eta Ophiuchi Ra-17 Dec- -15
Rs Ophiuchi Ra-17 Dec- -06
• No stars over 3 magnitude
• Ophiuchus, or Aesculapius as he's known in
Greek mythology, was the most noted healer
of Greek legend. His father was the God of
truth and prophecy, Apollo. His mother was
Coronis, daughter of king Phelegyas, lord of
the Lapiths. While his mother was pregnant,
Coronis fell in love with Ischys, son of Elates.
One of Apollos white crow spies informed
Apollo of Coronis betrayal, which caused him
to fly into a rage cursing the bird, scorching its
feathers causing it to turn black. After learning
of Coronis treachery, Apollo sent his crow to
peck out Ischys eyes, and he sent Artemis his
twin sister to kill Coronis for he could not force
himself to. While at her funeral pyre, Hermes
cut out Aesculapius from his mothers womb
and gave him to the centaur Chiron to raise.
While with Chiron, Aesculapius learned to
master the ways of medicine and became so
good at it that he could raise the dead.
GREEK/ROMAN MYTHS
OTHER MYTHS
• In different cultures, Ophiuchus was know as Aesculapius
• In one myth Zeus killed Ophiuchus then sent him to the heavens, and in
another he went straight to the stars
• Hermes takes out Apollos child and in another Apollo did it
OTHER FACTS
• Ophiuchus contains the second closest star to Earth, Barnard's Star, about 6
light-years away
• Ophiuchus is home to many star clusters, one for example being m10 which
is 20,000 light years away
• Ophiuchus constellation also houses keplars supernova
CITATIONS
• http://www.space.com/21759-ophiuchus.html
• http://zodiacbooks.com/signs-ophiuchus.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus
• http://the-red-thread.net/ophiuchus2.html
• http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/13/ophiuchus-what-all-saggitarius-andcapricorns-need-to-know-about-their-new-zodiac/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus_(astrology)
• http://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/ophiuchusconstellation/