SERPENS Definition & Meaning

Serpens

[ sur-puhnz, -penz ]

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noun

Astronomy.

genitive Serpentis

the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head Serpens Caput and the tail Serpens Cauda, with Ophiuchus in between.

Serpens

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noun

a faint extensive constellation situated in the N and S equatorial regions and divided into two parts, Serpens Caput (the head) lying between Ophiuchus and Boötes and Serpens Cauda (the tail) between Ophiuchus and Aquila

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Origin of Serpens¹

< Latin ��ŧ�Բ� serpent, originally present participle of serpere to creep, crawl; cognate with Greek ��é��ŧ�� ( herpes, herpetology )

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Origin of Serpens¹

Latin: serpent

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The pillars are enormous formations of interstellar gas and dust in a star-forming region of the Eagle Nebula in the Serpens constellation, thousands of light years from Earth.

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With a normal earthbound telescope, one can only see the Serpens constellation in the northern part of the celestial hemisphere.

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Located in the Eagle Nebula, which is part of the constellation Serpens, the Pillars of Creation are famous due to an iconic 1995 photograph shot by one of JSWT's predecessors, the Hubble Space Telescope.

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The Eagle Nebula is about 6,500 light-years from Earth and is in the constellation Serpens, from the ancient Greek word for “serpent.”

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The so-called "Pillars of Creation" are cool, dense clouds of hydrogen gas and dust in the Serpens constellation, some 6,500 light-years from Earth.

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