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The constellation of Ophiuchus, the Serpent-Bearer // E. Slawik, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, and M. Zamani

Click below to see an annotated image and some facts about the stars that make up Ophiuchus!

Ophiuchus, the Serpent-Bearer, is one of the original 48 constellations laid out by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. It is often considered the thirteenth Zodiac sign, since the Sun also moves through the bottom part of Ophiuchus between November 29 and December 18.

The named stars, in order of brightness, are:

Rasalhague (α Ophiuchi), a binary star system about 49 light years away. It consists of a blue-white giant and a red dwarf star. The name comes from the Arabic phrase raʼs al-ḥawwāʼ meaning "the head of the serpent collector." Appropriate!

Sabik (η Ophiuchi) is another binary star system about 88 light years away. It consists of two blue-white giant stars. The name comes from the Arabic word al-sābiq meaning "the preceding one," although what this is referring to is unknown.

Yed Prior (δ Ophiuchi) is a solitary red giant star about 171 light years away. Its name comes from the Arabic word yad meaning "hand" and the Latin word prior since it leads...

Yed Posterior (ε Ophiuchi) across the sky. Yed Posterior is a yellow-orange giant star about 107 light years away.

Cebalrai (β Ophiuchi) is a solitary orange giant star about 83 light years away. Its name comes from the Arabic phrase kalb al-rā‘ī meaning "the shepherd's dog."

Bake-eo (γ Ophiuchi) is a solitary blue-white giant star about 103 light years away. Its name comes from the Marshallese name Bake-eo (pronounced bakey-yew) which they give to a type of mussel.

There are a few deep-sky objects, including the star clusters M10 and M12 (both marked on the image) as well as M14, M19, M62, and M107. At the border between Ophiuchus and Scorpius, the Scorpion, lies the ρ Ophiuchi Cloud Complex.

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🎀 pretty in pink 🎀

Cebalrai, my soft sadism demon OC, was feelin’ himself <3

[jmonterol]

IC 4665

A 1400 AL de casa, en la constelación de Ofiuco, observamos este cúmulo abierto de solo 40 millones de años de edad. Es curioso que está unos 15º por encima del plano de la galaxia, cuando la mayoría de los cúmulos abiertos jóvenes se encuentran en el plano de ésta. Aunque puede verse incluso con prismáticos, no es fácil ya que se encuentra disperso.

En la misma imagen vemos a Beta Ophiuchus, llamada Cebalrai, a 82 AL de distancia, una gigante roja de clase espectral K. De una edad de 3800 millones de años, ahora probablemente fusiona helio en carbono en su núcleo interno, por lo que su final está cerca (en términos astronómicos, claro).

Refractor TS Photoline 72 mm a f6. Cámara imx 294.

Procesado con Risingsky y Startools.

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Mistakes were made.

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ocean eyes

Hydrus (top panel, Misery Demon OC belonging to beloved @pycth) and Cebalrai (bottom panel, my soft Sadism Demon OC) are so down bad for one another it makes them look stupid <3

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In celebration of another successful Hot Boi Summer season, Whistler gets self indulgent and makes cool thumbnails of his OCs and subjects his Tumblr audience to even more shenanigans

CEBALRAI

MONROE

ALIOTH

SAIPH

And some bonus Redactedsona silliness—

WESTON

FOX

+ quite a few more I’ve made for some friends and their blorbos ;)

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“Me time”

It’s tough work bein a therapist for Seers, man. Stress relief, and all that.

suggestive:

full NSFW version on the bird app for your viewing pleasure ;)

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Cebalrai is back, baby!

my soft sadism demon OC <3

I missed my beloved softie, so I made him a new fit and a character sheet (thank you Yote) <3

Over a year ago, Erik said he toyed with the thought of making a soft sadism demon boyfriend character, and every day I absolutely RIOT knowing that he isn’t actually a real boi

… I have so much lore on him. it’s not even funny atp.