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  • noun astronomy Genitive form of Ophiuchus used when naming stars, such as α Ophiuchi.

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Examples

  • If you stare at the star ζ (Zeta) Ophiuchi, which is visible to the naked eye, it will go dim for about eight seconds.

    Asymptotia Clifford 2010

  • The authors state RS Ophiuchi exhibits nova bursts every 22 years.

    Can the Recurrent Novae RS Oph Become Type Ia Supernovae? | Universe Today 2009

  • There's also Rho Ophiuchi, but that technically isn't just one object.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Dr. Lisa 2006

  • There's also Rho Ophiuchi, but that technically isn't just one object.

    Five questions Dr. Lisa 2006

  • A estrela RS Ophiuchi apresenta todos os sintomas que levam os astrónomos a pensar que está prestes a tornar-se supernova, podendo iluminar os céus a qualquer momento com uma explosão verdadeiramente titânica.

    Leituras Artur 2006

  • Black cauls like the Taurus or Rho-Ophiuchi dark clouds or the Aquila Rift itself.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • You'll find little masterpieces like "beatnik Bayou" one of an occasional stories that explores the earlier lives of characters from his first novel, The Ophiuchi Hotline, alongside pieces that skirt the boundaries between genres, including the award-winning dark "Press Enter" and Le Guin-flavoured "The Persistence of Vision".

    A "Wet Saturday" review: Stamping Butterflies sbisson 2004

  • The group seemed to be on a planet of 60 Ophiuchi, a planet called Errigal.

    INTELLIVORE DIANE DUANE 2000

  • Pursuant to earlier orders from Starfleet Command, having relinquished the “upper” Beta Quadrant patrol run to our relief, U.S.S. Constellation, we have finally arrived at our designated rendezvous point near the former V843 Ophiuchi, now NGC4258.

    INTELLIVORE DIANE DUANE 2000

  • Sometimes with loss of life: the dig at Sixteen-sixteen Ophiuchi Six was not only stripped bare, but the raiders killed Saeo Uristilaen.

    INTELLIVORE DIANE DUANE 2000

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