Oph

_On the wall_ (חומת) _of Ophel he built much: _ or rather on the Comah, or sacred hill of the Sun, called Oph-El, he built much.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759

You may submit observations as N Oph 2010, VSX J173940.9-213947, or with AUID 000-BJS-899.

Observing Alert: Possible Nova in Ophichus | Universe Today 2010

This appears to be a much more quickly evolving and violent event, more like the eruptions of the recurrent novae RS Oph and T CrB.

Unprecedented Eruption Catches Astronomers By Surprise | Universe Today 2010

Since RS Oph's mass is precipitously close to the 1.4 solar mass Chandrasekhar limit, they suggest, "RS Oph is a good candidate for a progenitor of an SN Ia."

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

Overall they determined the current accretion rate for RS Oph was already higher than the 10-8 solar masses per year necessary for a net gain and due to the decreasing orbital distance, it would only improve.

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

“Gladly,” Todd said, “if Oph will lend me her boobs.”

Fleur De Leigh’s Life of Crime Diane Leslie 1999

Beyond, as far as the eye could reach, Oph stretched out with its palaces, its priests 'colleges, its houses, and in the dimmest distance the crests of its walls and the summits of its gates showed as faint blue lines.

The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Th��ophile Gautier 1841

Oph signifies a serpent, and was pronounced at times and expressed, Ope,

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

God Osiris, the same as Apollo, was by the Amonians styled Oph-El, and

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759

Oph, and Ouph, signified a serpent in the Amonian language; and the Deity was termed Can-uph, from his serpentine representation.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759