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Oph - Ophiuchus the Serpent Handler

  • M9

    Object image

    M9, NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope

    Object image source

    NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M10

    Object image

    M10, NASA, WikiSky, Hubble Space Telescope

    Object image source

    NASA, Hubble Space Telescope, WikiSky
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M12 - Gumball Globular

    Object image

    M12, NASA, Hubble Space Telescope

    Object image source

    NASA, Hubble Space Telescope
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M14

    Object image

    M14, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA

    Object image source

    Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M19

    Object image

    M19, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

    Object image source

    Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M62

    Object image

    M62, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

    Object image source

    Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M107

    Object image

    M107, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

    Object image source

    Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
    Permission
    Public domain

  • Serpentarius

  • Taurus Poniatovii the The Bull of Poniatowski

    Asterism Visual Appearance

    Located between: Aquila, Hercules, Ophiuchus.

    The Bull’s head is a triangle comprised of 67, 68, and 70 Ophiuchi.

    Asterism Origin and History

    Named in honor of the Polish king by the Abbot Poczobut in 1777.

  • Hyginus (1485) figure: Ophiuchus

    Image

    Hyginus-1485-Ophiuchus

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Tau - Taurus the Bull

IAU Constellation
Tau - Taurus the Bull

Size

17 of 88
Astronomical Regions
Zodiac
Northern
Equatorial

Intro and Visual description

Taurus the Bull is easily spotted. Its head is the Hyades, a V-shaped cluster of stars. His horns point outward from the V. Aldebaran is the red eye of the Bull as he charges down upon us.

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Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple, and Aja Tolman, editors, "The Sky Tonight: Cultural Archaeology of the Stars" (December 21, 2019 - ongoing), skytonight.org.


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