Serpens
Americannoun
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Serpentis
genitive
noun
Etymology
Origin of Serpens
< Latin serpēns serpent, originally present participle of serpere to creep, crawl; cognate with Greek hérpēs ( cf. herpes, herpetology)
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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.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2024
With a normal earthbound telescope, one can only see the Serpens constellation in the northern part of the celestial hemisphere.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024
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.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2022
The Eagle Nebula is about 6,500 light-years from Earth and is in the constellation Serpens, from the ancient Greek word for “serpent.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
The head of Serpens is the star group in the form of an "X" just below the Crown.
From A Field Book of the Stars by William Tyler Olcott
Serpentis took her analysis one step further, detailing her work step by step on her blog so others could follow along.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2020
Nearly 2,000 miles away, in Washington state, a woman named Pythia Serpentis investigated, too.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2020
Though Serpentis and Evans said they have worked with law enforcement in the past—usually by way of a private investigator—their contacts declined to speak with me.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2020
When she read about Jessica’s case in the news, Serpentis, who has studied forensic astrology for a decade, knew what to do.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2020
But the observer may not know where to look for θ Serpentis, since it falls in a part of the constellation quite separated from that part in which δ Serpentis lies.
From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor
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