Beta Serpentis [SEP] constellation
Beta Serpentis
Beta Serpentis, Latinized from β Serpentis, is a binary star system in the constellation Serpens, in its head (Serpens Caput). It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +3.65. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 21.03 mas as seen from Earth, it is located around 155 light years from the Sun. The system is a member of the Ursa Major Moving Group.
Components.
The visual magnitude +3.68 primary, component A, is either an
and Wei until 209 BC.
Astrology.
In traditional Chinese astrology, Zhou is represented by two stars, Eta Capricorni ( ', "the First Star of Zhou") and 21 Capricorni ( ', "the Second Star of Zhou"), in "Twelve States" asterism. Zhou is also represented by the star Beta Serpentis in asterism "Right Wall", Heavenly Market enclosure (see Chinese constellation).
See also.
- Family tree of the Zhou dynasty
- Four occupations
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