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	Serpens
		The constellation Serpens is spread across a greater part of the sky than is Ophiuchus, but it has far fewer features of interest.
		Serpens has three visual binaries of some interest, two of which are very attractive, and one which will test your observing skills.
		There are two Messier objects in Serpens: M5 and M16; the first is found in the "head" of the serpent, the second in the "tail".
	www.dibonsmith.com /ser_con.htm (497 words)

	eSky: Serpens
		Serpens, or the Serpent, is held by the Serpent Holder, Ophiuchus, and is the only constellation to consist of two separate parts - Serpens Caput (the Head) and Serpens Cauda (the Tail).
		The stars of Serpens form the shape of a long writhing snake that starts near the Northern Crown, passes southward through Serpens Caput, then through the body of Ophiuchus.
		Though its shape is well-defined, Serpens is lacking in bright stars.
	www.glyphweb.com /esky/constellations/serpens.html (400 words)

	Serpens
		Serpens itself is a two section constellation; divided into head and body by the intervening Ophiuchus.
		Serpens shared with Ophiuchus the Euphratean title of Nu-tsir-da, "the Image of the Serpent"; and is supposed to have been one of the representatives of divinity to the Ophites, the Hivites of Old Testament times.
		Serpens, is the Snake that is found on the symbol of medicine worldwide, the staff of the god Mercury, the caduceus.
	users.winshop.com.au /annew/Serpens.html (290 words)

	Star Tales – Serpens
		Serpens represents a huge snake held by the constellation Ophiuchus.
		Aratus and Manilius agreed that Serpens was coiled around the body of Ophiuchus, but most star atlases show the snake simply passing between his legs (for an illustration of the full tableau, see Ophiuchus).
		The most celebrated object in Serpens is a star cluster called M16, embedded in a gas cloud called the Eagle Nebula, the subject of a famous photograph by the Hubble Space Telescope.
	www.ianridpath.com /startales/serpens.htm (247 words)

	Constellations: Serpens; The Serpent
		Although classed as a single constellation, Serpens is split into two distinct regions of the sky, divided by Ophiuchus.
		Serpens is the snake (serpent) being grasped by Ophiuchus, the Serpent Holder.
		Originally, Serpens and Ophiuchus were considered as a single constellation which represented a snake coiled round Ophiuchus.
	www.r-clarke.org.uk /constellations/serpens.htm (131 words)

	SERPENS AEON - death metal from Washington
		SERPENS AEON: Luis: Yeah I actually left The Chasm in late 1994 and that decision was taken by me to take care of some issues not related with music at all.
		SERPENS AEON: Erick: Yes, we were gonna play that show but the tour manager of Hate Eternal didn't know about us being on the bill, and didn't want us to play then they canceled and he came asking us to do the show, but of course we refused 'cos we are not puppets.
		SERPENS AEON: Erick: The Ajna Offensive is an eclectic label that deal with paganism and profane, literature and music, they don't narrow their field just to Metal or Satanism.
	www.geocities.com /deathmetalside/serpensaeon.html (1845 words)

	Serpens
		The first Serpens was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 739) on 10 March 1943 by the California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, Calif.; launched on 5 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
		Following shakedown off southern California, Serpens loaded general cargo at Alameda and, on 24 June, sailed west to assume provision ship duties in support of operations in the Solomons.
		The remaining 198 members of Serpens crew and 57 members of an Army stevedore unit were on board the ship, loading depth charges into her holds.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s10/serpens-i.htm (418 words)

	Ophiuchus and Serpens, 2 August Constellations
		Ophiuchus is an ancient constellation representing a man coiled by a serpent (the constellation Serpens).
		Serpens is split into two halves: Serpens Caput, the head; and Serpens Cauda, the tail.
		Ophiuchus and Serpens are visible to the north from New Zealand at about 9.30 pm NZST on August 1, 8.30 pm August 16 and 7.30 pm August 31.
	www.rasnz.org.nz /Stars/Ophiuchus.htm (742 words)

	Serpens (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Serpens is the snake that belonged to Asclepius the Healer, represented by Ophiuchus.
		Serpens is split into two in the sky.
		The left hand side is called Serpens Cauda or snake tail and the right side is Serpens Cauda or snake head.
	www.accessentertainment.co.uk /Astro/Const/Serpens.htm (164 words)

	Serpens Caput, mitología, historia, características y observaciones telescopicas
		The constellation of Serpens appears since we have commented in two separated parts of the firmament by Ophiuchus, as much to the east as to the west of the constellation.
		The constellation of Serpens Caput is to the east of the constellation of Ophiuchus and in the celestial equator, he is observable in both hemispheres during the months of March to September.
		Serpens Caput is formed by weak but visible stars at first, I located the 15 to it of April of 1982 at the age of 15 years from the Majorcan locality of Inca, Spain.
	www.mallorcaweb.net /masm/SCp1.htm (1128 words)

	Nemania serpens
		Notes: Nemania serpens is the type species of the genus Nemania and is undoubtedly the commonest species of this genus encountered in Europe.
		serpens, combined with pale olive brown ascospores with broadly rounded ends and with a short inconspicuous germ slit, is the dextrinoid reaction of apical apparatus in Lugol's solution, while it does not react in Melzer's reagent.
		Nemania serpens is plurivorous, growing on rotten wood of most of Angiospermous trees, and interestingly was once reported from wood of Picea by Granmo et al.
	pyrenomycetes.free.fr /nemania/html/N_serpens.htm (372 words)

	Hawaiian Astronomical Society Deepsky Atlas - Serpens
		Serpens is a two section constellation: Divided into head and body by the intervening Ophiuchus.
		Ophiuchus represented Esculapius, the ancient healer, and Serpens was his symbol of healing.
		Located on the north end of Serpens Cauda, It makes a good binocular pair with NGC6633 in Ophiuchus, 3° to the WNW.
	www.hawastsoc.org /deepsky/ser/index.html (385 words)

	USN Ships--USS Serpens (AK-97) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		USS Serpens, a "Liberty"-type cargo ship built at Wilmington, California, as the S.S. Benjamin N. Cardozo, was converted for Navy service while under construction.
		Commissioned in May 1943 with a Coast Guard crew, she served in the South Pacific and was modified in late 1944 for the transportation of ammunition.
		All but two of the 255 crewmembers and Army stevedores on board her at the time were killed in the accident.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/ak97.htm (184 words)

	USS Serpens AK 97 Commemorative Website
		Late in the evening on January 29, 1945 the Serpens was anchored off Lunga Beach, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands loading depth charges.
		While the Commanding Officer and enlisted men were ashore, the Serpens suddenly exploded.
		The loss of the USS SERPENS AK-97 was the largest single disaster ever suffered by the United States Coast Guard.
	www.uss-serpens.org (169 words)

	Serpens Cauda
		Digital images - Constellations Scutum and Serpens Cauda page (T. Credner/S. Kohle) [ unframed version]
		Jan Wisniewski's Constellation Serpens Cauda page - Serpens page
		Besides "Cauda", the Tail, the constellation Serpens has another (disconnected) part, "Serpens Caput", the Snake's Head.
	www.seds.org /messier/map/SerCau.html (40 words)

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