Messier first spied this cluster on May 28, 1764, and noted: "Nebula, without star, in the right leg of
Ophiucus; it is round & its light is faint...."
Ophiucus. Nov 30 - Dec 17 4.What is it illegal to wear in the House of Commons?
Revard, "Milton and millenarianism: from the Nativity Ode to Paradise Regained"; Malabika Sarkar, "Astronomical signs in Paradise Lost: Milton,
Ophiucus, and the millennial debate"; William B.
Saturn stays in
Ophiucus; look for it above Scopio and below Hercules in the early morning sky.
Near the right side of [PROGRAM LISTING NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]'s face and parallel to it is inscribed in Greek the name "
Ophiucus," the constellation next to Serpens (which in Job 26:13 is called "the crooked serpent" formed by the hand of God).
It begins the year in
Ophiucus (with Saturn) and moves to Sagittarius in February.
Mars is an evening star, visible in the southwest throughout these months, in Scorpio and then in
Ophiucus. Saturn in Libra will be too close to the sun for easy observation in early and middle autumn.
