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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. Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes
IQ Aurigae is a (most likely) single, [4] variable star in the northern constellation of Auriga.It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 5.38. [3]
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 ...
"Bad Man" is a single by musician R. Kelly, [1] included on the soundtrack for the 2000 film Shaft. It was the first and only single from the Shaft soundtrack and charted at number 30 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. A video for the song was directed by Hype Williams. [2]
NGC 2242 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Auriga. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on November 24, 1886, [1] and was thought to be a galaxy until a study published in 1987 showed it to be a planetary nebula. [2] The nebula is located about 6,500 light-years away, and about 1,600 light-years above the galactic plane. [3]
Messier 36 or M36, also known as NGC 1960 or the Pinwheel Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the somewhat northern Auriga constellation.It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654, who described it as a nebulous patch. [5]