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Ophiuchus

Ophiuchus is big but pale equatorial constellation. It is situated to the South from Hercules. The last supernova flashed in this constellation for the last time in 1604.

This constellation has numerous interesting objects. Another nova flashed several times. The last flash took place in 2006. Another interesting object is the Flying star Bernarda that is the red dwarf that is the fastest star in the sky. This constellation has a lot of globular cluster stars as well as dark nebula such as S-nebula. The double star system is the Ophiucnus.

Though Ophiucnus is not considered to be the zodiac, the sun enters and spends 20 days in this constellation. It enters this constellation on November 30. This is the ancient constellation.

According to Greek myth Ophiucnus is connected with the name of the great Asclepius that was the god of medicine. When Apollo (his father) killed the mother of this god for betray, he gave the baby to the centaur Chiron that was the master of medicine. When the god became adult he thought that he was able to raise people from the dead. Angry Zeus put him to the sky. Arat included the snake that Ophiucnus was holding. But nowadays it is the separate constellation that is the snake that is unique because it consists of two parts separated by Ophiucnus.

This constellation is considered to be the zodiac constellation however this is not the sign because sun spends a few days in it.

When we look into the sky, we see thousands of little shinning points in the sky.? They could be seen only at night. These shinning little points are stars that are bigger than our planet but they are so far that they seem to be only little points.

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If you ask someone what constellation is, he/she will probably answer you that it is the group of stars located in certain form after which the constellation got its name. And this person will be completely right in the 19th century.

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Today vocabulary defines constellation as the areas that divide the sky to make the orientation in the night sky easier. In ancient times constellations were the characteristic figures made by the bright stars.

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In 1922 the General Assembly of the International Association of Astronomers made the final list of 88 constellations into which the sky was divided. And in eight years the exact and final limits between them were made. During five years scientists corrected some limits. But in 1935 limits were adapted finally and couldn't be changed any more.