Serpens
One of the 88 IAU constellations.
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation ...
Origin of Constellation
Babylonian
Greco-Roman
Aratos
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos
Almagest Ὅφις.
| id | Greek (Heiberg 1898) | English (Toomer 1984) | ident. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὅφεως Ὀφιούχου ἀστερισμός. | Constellation of Serpens | ||
| 1 | τοῦ ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ τετραπλεύρου ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρας τῆς γένυος. | Stars on the quadrilateral in the heads: the one on the end of the jaw | iot Ser |
| 2 | ὁ τῶν μυκτήρων ἀπτόμενος. | Stars on the quadrilateral in the heads: the one touching the nostrils | rho Ser |
| 3 | ὁ ἐν τῷ κροτάφῳ. | Stars on the quadrilateral in the heads: the one in the temple | gam Ser |
| 4 | ὁ πρὸς τῇ ἐκφύσει τοῦ τραχήλου | Stars on the quadrilateral in the heads: the one where the neck joins [the head] | bet Ser |
| 5 | ὁ μέσος τοῦ τετραπλεύρου καὶ ἐν τῷ στόματι | Stars on the quadrilateral in the heads: the one in the middle of the quadrilateral, in the mouth | kap Ser |
| 6 | ὁ ἐκτὸς καὶ ἀπ’ ἄρκτον τῆς κεφαλῆς | The star outside the head, to the north of it | pi Ser |
| ὁ μετὰ τὴν πρώτην καμπὴν τοῦ τραχήλου | The one after the first bend in the neck | del Ser | |
| τῶν ἐφεξῆς τούτου τριῶν ὁ βόρειος | The northernmost of the 3 following this | lam Ser | |
| ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν. | The middle one of the three | alf Ser | |
| ὁ νότιος αὐτῶν | The southernmost of them | eps Ser | |
| ὁ μετὰ τὴν ἐξῆς καμπὴν προηγούμενος τῆς ἀριστερᾶς χειρὸς τοῦ Ὀφιούχου | The star after the next bend, which is in ad vane(' of the left hand of Ophiuchus | mu Ser | |
| ὁ τοῦς ἐν τῇ χειρὶ ἐπόμενος | The star to, the rear of those in the hand [of Ophiuchus] | ups Oph | |
| ὁ μετὰ τὸ δεξιὸη ὀπισθόμηροη τοῦ Ὀφιούχου | The one alter the back of the right thigh of Ophiuchus | nu Ser | |
| τῶν ἐπομένων αὐτῷ β ὁ νοτιώτερος | The southernmost of the 2 to the rear of the latter | xi Ser | |
| ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν | The northernmost of them | omi Ser | |
| ὁ μετὰ τὴν δεξιὰν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τῆς οὐραίας καμπῆς | The one after the right hand [of Ophiuchus], on the bend in the tail | zet Ser | |
| ὁ τούτῳ ἐπόμενος ὁμοίως ἐπὶ τῆς οὐρᾶς. | The one to the rear of this, likewise on the tail | eta Ser | |
| ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρας τῆς οὐρᾶς. | The star on the tip of the tail | tet Ser | |
| ἀστέρες τπ, ὥν γ’ μεγέθους ἓ, δ’ ἱβ, εἱ ἄ. | 18 stars, 5 of the third magnitude, 12 of the fourth, I of the fifth |
Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation
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