Deep sky treasures of Ophiuchus
Aug 13, 2020
2 minutes
by Fred Schaaf
Satan stood Unterrified and like a comet burn’d That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In th’ Artick sky, and from its horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
— John Milton, Paradise Lost
The great English poet John Milton chose well with the phrase “Ophiuchus huge”. The Serpent-Bearer was always large, and modern
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