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Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has the Bayer designation α Aurigae , which is Latinised to Alpha Aurigae and abbreviated Alpha Aur or α Aur . Capella is the sixth-brightest star in the night sky , and the third-brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere after Arcturus and Vega .
R Aurigae (R Aur) is a Mira variable, a pulsating red giant star in the constellation of Auriga, at a distance of 930 light years. In 1862 R Aurigae was found to be a variable star at Bonn Observatory. [9] It was widely observed in the late 19th century and its spectrum was described in 1890. [10]
Download QR code; Print/export ... Constellation map ... Pages in category "Auriga" The following 155 pages are in this category, out of 155 total. ...
Epsilon Aurigae (ε Aurigae, abbreviated Epsilon Aur, ε Aur) is a multiple star system in the northern constellation of Auriga, the charioteer.It is an unusual eclipsing binary system comprising an F0 supergiant (officially named Almaaz / æ l ˈ m ɑː z /, the traditional name for the system) and a companion which is generally accepted to be a huge dark disk orbiting an unknown object ...
AB Aurigae is a young Herbig Ae star [3] in the Auriga constellation. It is located at a distance of approximately 509 light years from the Sun based on stellar parallax. [1] This pre-main-sequence star has a stellar classification of A0Ve, [4] matching an A-type main-sequence star with emission lines in the spectrum.
9 Aurigae (9 Aur) is a star system in Auriga (constellation).It has an apparent magnitude of about 5, making it visible to the naked eye in many suburban skies. [15] Parallax estimates made by the Hipparcos spacecraft put it at about 86 light-years (26 parsecs) from the solar system, [1] although individual Gaia Data Release 3 parallaxes place all three components at 88 light years.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Auriga, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var HD ...
19 Aurigae is a single [11] star located approximately 3,800 light years away from the Sun in the northern constellation Auriga. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.05. [3] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 4.3 km/s. [3]