| Serpens is depicted as either winding around Ophiuchus in the night sky or simply passing through him, although the precise reason for either of these is unknown. |
| The first image is of the impressive spiral galaxy NGC 6118, located near the celestial equator, in the constellation Serpens. |
| From here a line of fairly bright stars marks the course of Serpens southward to the hand of Ophiuchus. |
| Serpens Caput is home to a few exceptional objects, most of which are galaxies. |
| Leptographium serpens, which was infrequently isolated from insects, was not isolated from root tissue. |
| We now pass northward to the region covered by map No. 14, including the remainder of Ophiuchus and Serpens. |
