Officially, the two parts are not separate constellations, but part of the single constellation Serpens. That seems to be causing some confusion in the program.
Check an S&T star chart and you'll see that the words Cauda and Caput are in parentheses. -John --- Tony Hurtado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps this falls into the category of minutiae, but it's worth > mentioning, I think. > > While roaming CdC in the area of Ophiuchus, I found that the > constellation Serpens is divided into two parts. When you search for > the constellations by name, CdC distinguishes the two as Serpens Caput > (to the west of Ophiuchus) and Serpens Cauda (to the east of > Opihuchus). However, browsing objects in those constalltions, I find > that the objects in S. Cauda are all listed as belonging to Serpens > Caput. For example, M5 is correctly labeled as belonging in S. Caput: > > Globular Cluster > M 5 NGC 5904 > Constellation: Serpens Caput > Dimension: 19.9'x 19.9' > Magnitude: 5.80 > > ...but M16 is labeled as... > > Cluster and Nebula > M 16 NGC 6611 > Constellation: Serpens Caput > Dimension: 7.0'x 7.0' > Magnitude: 6.00 > > when it should be located in S. Cauda just over the border from Scutum. > > Do the catalogs have an error, or is this a database error that just > picks up S. Caput (which appears first alphabetically) instead of S. > Cauda? > > > Just wanted to point this out, > Tony Hurtado > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
