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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 .
Lambda Aurigae, Latinized from λ Aurigae, is the Bayer designation for a solar analog [9] star in the northern constellation of Auriga. [13] It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.71. [2] Based upon parallax measurements, it is approximately 40.7 light-years (12.5 parsecs) distant from the Earth. [14]
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Auriga, sorted by decreasing brightness ... 2.62: −0.98: 173: ... "Identification of a Constellation from a ...
Beta Aurigae (Latinized from β Aurigae, abbreviated Beta Aur, β Aur), officially named Menkalinan / m ɛ ŋ ˈ k æ l ɪ n æ n /, [10] [11] is a binary star [12] system in the northern constellation of Auriga. The combined apparent visual magnitude of the system is 1.9, [4] making it the second-brightest member of the constellation after ...
Messier 38 or M38, also known as NGC 1912 or Starfish Cluster, [4] is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Auriga. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and independently found by Le Gentil in 1749. The open clusters M36 and M37, also discovered by Hodierna, are often grouped together with M38. [5]
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 .
All Eyez on Me is the fourth and final studio album by American rapper 2Pac to be released during his lifetime. Released on February 13, 1996, just 7 months before his death by Death Row and Interscope Records, the album features guest appearances from Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Redman, Method Man, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, E-40, K-Ci & JoJo, and the Outlawz, among others.
In Indian astronomy, it is known by the name Prajapati / p r ə ˈ dʒ ɑː p ə t i /, from the Sanskrit प्रजापति prajāpati "the Lord of Created Beings". [15] [16]In Chinese, 八穀 (Bā Gǔ), meaning Eight Kinds of Crops, refers to an asterism consisting of δ Aurigae, ξ Aurigae, 26 Camelopardalis, 14 Camelopardalis, 7 Camelopardalis, 9 Aurigae, 11 Camelopardalis and 31 ...