This is the thirtyfirst episode in our series about the constellations. In this episode, we examine two constellations of the summer sky we've previously overlooked: Ophiuchus, the serpentbearer, and Serpens, the serpent. We also take a closer look at Kepler's supernova, and how a white dwarf star might destroy itself.

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Planetarium visuals were created using Digistar 6 by Evans & Sutherland.

Video Credits:

A whole night on Paranal timelapse
Credit: ESO/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard)
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"Artist’s Impression of Vampire Star"
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
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Kepler’s Supernova Remnant Timelapse
Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart
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Image Credits:

"The Eagle nebula" by Christian Gloor is licensed with CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Pillars of Creation 2015
NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team
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Pillars of Creation in IR
NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team
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Kepler Portrait
Courtesy of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
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De Stella Nova… (1606)
Johannes Kepler
Digitised by Ulrike Kuchner, Hanns Petsch & Adrian Partl
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Music Credits

"A Moment Of Stillness" from the album "A Moment Of Stillness", "Rendezvous With Rama" from the album "Between The Rings", and "Crystal Spheres" and "Belt Of Orion" from the album "Invent The Universe" by the artist Stellardrone. The songs have been modified in length from the originals. Music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License.

stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/amomentofstillness
stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/betweentherings
stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/inventtheuniverse
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