Constellations · Constellation · Serpentis · Ser
Constellation
Serpens
The serpent held by Ophiuchus — the only constellation in two pieces, its head on one side of him and its tail on the other.
- Genitive
- Serpentis
- Area
- 637 square degrees · 23rd of 88
- Brightest star
- Unukalhai · magnitude 2.63
- Naked-eye stars
- 113 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- mid May
Look for
In the tail, the Eagle Nebula holds the Pillars of Creation, the columns of gas made famous by a Hubble image in 1995.
Look for
In the head, M 5 is one of the finest globular clusters in the northern sky.