Serpens Cauda

Serpens Cauda

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).

Derivation
Though the stars of this region have been seen as a serpent for thousands of years, their symbolic meaning remains uncertain. It is thought likely that the Serpent and its bearer Ophiuchus are related to the Greek healer-god Asclepius. The Greeks believed that the serpents of Asclepius could cure diseases, and so belong a long association between serpents and medicine that continues to our own time.

Stars
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. When the shape emerges into Serpens Cauda, it turns northward again, and carries on to reach its end into the Milky Way. The tip of the Serpent's nose is the faint star Rho Serpentis, while the tip of its tail is marked by the similarly faint Alya. A number of the stars that form part of the serpent's body actually belong to the constellation Ophiuchus. Yed Prior, Yed Posterior, Upsilon Ophiuchi, Zeta Ophiuchi and Sabik are all Ophiuchan stars that lie along the star-snake's body.

Though its shape is well-defined, Serpens is lacking in bright stars. The brightest is Unuk Élhaia (the 'serpent's neck') an orange giant about seventy light years away, with a magnitude of +2.6. Beta Serpentis, the next brightest star, is more than a magnitude fainter at +3.7.

Star Clusters and Nebulae
Much closer to Earth, at approximately 1,300 light years, is the open cluster IC 4756. This is close to the tip of the Serpent's Tail, in Serpens Cauda.

Also to be found within the Serpent's Tail is the well-known nebula M16, better known as the Eagle Nebula because it forms the shape of a flying eagle with outstretched wings. In the heart of this nebula are three towering columns of gas and dust, the subject of one of the Hubble Space Telescope's most famous images.
 

These open clusters are paralleling with an interval of about 3 degrees bathed in the Milky Way in summer. The top one is IC4756 and The Bottom one has a number of NGC6633, belong to constellations of Serpens Cauda and Ophiuchus, respectively. IC4756 has an apparent size of over 1 degree, and NGC6633 is over 20 arc minutes in diameter.

M16 (NGC6611) is a magnificent diffused nebula in the constellation of Serpens, with a size of 30 arc minutes and a distance of about 4600 light years. The nebula is lying on top of an open cluster, both nebula and cluster have same number of M16=NGC6611. The nebula has a nickname "Eagle Nebula", very luminous with dark streaks of dust; a nursery of baby stars.

The Snake nebula is positioned at 1.5 degree north of sita Oph that marks the right leg of serpent holder. This field is squeezed between Scorpius and Sagittarius. The dark nebula has a formal name of Barnard 82, but the nickname of "Snake Nebula" is much familiar. This nebula is one of most popular dark gaseous clouds distributed in the Milky Way in summer. Its span is equivalent to about 20 arc minutes, S-shaped string-like black lane can be taken only with normal photo lenses around the west edge of the Milky Way.

MAPPING TECHNIQUE

VISUAL EXERCISE : Two Person Exercise.
DESTINATION : Your Choice

STEP ONE
Traveller : Get comfortable and relax.

STEP TWO
Traveller : Charge your physical body with light energy.

STEP THREE
Traveller : See your visual body standing in front of your physical body and prepare your visual body for interstellar travel with a Interstellar Protection Shield.

STEP FOUR
Traveller : See your visual body filling with light energy.

STEP FIVE
Traveller : Focus your mind on teleporting your visual body to the Your Destination.

STEP SIX
Traveller : Then see your visual body teleporting to the Your Destination.

STEP SEVEN
Traveller : When you arrive in the destination Look around can you see any planets or moons in the System? If not use the Interstellar Planetary Detection Rapid and see if you can detect any planets or moons in that system.

STEP EIGHT
Traveller : If you can see or detect a planet or moon using Telekinesis or Teleportation move towards the planetary body.

STEP NINE
Traveller : When you arrive at the outer atmosphere of the planet or moon stop and ask your spiritual guide to tell you the name of this planet or moon.
Traveller : Tell the mapper the name of the planet or moon. Also tell the mapper all you can about the planet or moon.

STEP TEN
Then us the Core Comparison Crystal Technique to perform a core reading on this planet or moon and give the mapper your reading on this planet or moon

STEP ELEVEN
Traveller : Then levitate or Teleport your visual body to the surface of the planet or moon.

STEP TWELVE
Mapper : When the traveller arrives on the surface ask the following questions.
Is there any plant life or water on the surface of the planet or moon that you can see?  Is there an atmosphere around this planet or moon?  Is the atmosphere an match with earths atmosphere?
Mapper : Write down the answers to these questions.

PLANETARY DATA FILE

STEP THIRTEEN
Traveller : When you are finished on the surface teleport your visual body to the nearest planetary body that you can see in that Galaxy.

STEP FOURTEEN
Traveller and Mapper : Follow steps nine through to twelve again till you have mapped out the whole Galaxy.

STEP FIFTEEN
Traveller : When you have finished mapping the Galaxy teleport your visual body back to your physical body back on earth.

REMEMBER
When you are travelling if you come across an alien race that you think may be friendly feel free to make contact with that alien race.

IMPORTANT
When you are contacting alien races always be ready to teleport if there is trouble.

MAPPER
Make a note of any planets or moons with an atmospheric match with earths. That way you both know which planets can support human life forms.

MAPPER & TRAVELLER
To check that your mapping of that Galaxy is correct by changing roles and do this exercise again. Also remember to check for life force energy around the planets or moons that you visit on your journeys. Because if you can feel life force energy that means the planet or moons is a real planet or moon.