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Name of Star: Serpens Caput
The only constellation in two parts. The head and the tail are separated by the constellation Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer. A small constellation introduced in the late 17th century by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius, who gave it the name Sobieski's Shield in honour of King Sobieski of Poland.

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