The Serpent-Bearer
Ophiuchus
Genitive: Ophiuchi · abbreviation Oph
Best evening month
July
Visible from
87°S to 90°N
Centre RA
17h 11m 00s
Centre Dec
+3° 00′
In your sky
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Mythology & origin
Asclepius, the healer who could raise the dead, wrestling the serpent Serpens. The Sun passes through Ophiuchus each year, though it is not an astrological sign.
Ptolemy · Almagest, 2nd century AD
Brightest stars
- mag 2.08
Rasalhague
α Ophiuchi · HIP 86032
- mag 2.43
Sabik
η Ophiuchi · HIP 84012
- mag 2.54
Saik
ζ Ophiuchi · HIP 81377
- mag 2.73
Yed Prior
δ Ophiuchi · HIP 79593
- mag 2.76
Cebalrai
β Ophiuchi · HIP 86742
- mag 3.19
κ Ophiuchi
HIP 83000
- mag 3.23
Yed Posterior
ε Ophiuchi · HIP 79882
- mag 3.27
Garafsa
θ Ophiuchi · HIP 84970
- mag 3.32
Sinistra
ν Ophiuchi · HIP 88048
- mag 3.71
72 Ophiuchi
HIP 88771