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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 .
With an average apparent magnitude of +0.08, Capella is the brightest object in the constellation Auriga, the sixth-brightest star in the night sky, the third-brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere (after Arcturus and Vega), and the fourth-brightest visible to the naked eye from the latitude 40°N. It appears to be a rich yellowish ...
59 Aurigae, often abbreviated as 59 Aur, is a star in the constellation Auriga.Its baseline apparent magnitude is 6.1, [3] meaning it can just barely be seen with the naked eye as a dim, yellow-white hued star.
AR Aurigae (AR Aur), also known by its Flamsteed designation 17 Aurigae, is a binary star in the constellation Auriga.Based on parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos spacecraft, it is approximately 461 light-years from Earth.
AE Aurigae (abbreviated as AE Aur) is a runaway star in the constellation Auriga; it lights the Flaming Star Nebula. Description. Hipparcos light curves for AE ...
Theta Aurigae (Latinized from θ Aurigae, abbreviated Theta Aur, θ Aur) is a binary star in the constellation of Auriga. Based upon parallax measurements, the distance to this system is about 166 light-years (51 parsecs). [1] The two components are designated Theta Aurigae A (also named Mahasim [10]) and B.
UU Aurigae is a carbon star in the constellation Auriga. It is approximately 341 parsecs (1,110 light-years ) from Earth . It is a variable star that is occasionally bright enough to be seen by the naked eye under excellent observing conditions.
16 Aurigae is a triple star [12] system located 232 light years away from the Sun in the northern constellation of Auriga.It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.547, [13] and is located about 2/3 of the way from Capella toward Beta Tauri.