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Myrtilus was the charioteer of King Oenomaus of Pisa in Elis, ... Some say that Myrtilus was transformed into the constellation of Auriga. As Myrtilus died, he cursed ...
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 ...
AURIGA (Antenna Ultracriogenica Risonante per l'Indagine Gravitazionale Astronomica) is an ultracryogenic resonant bar gravitational wave detector in Italy. [1] It is at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, near Padova. [2]
After his death, Phaethon was conveyed to the stars by his father as a constellation. [48] The constellation associated with Phaethon was the Auriga, or the Charioteer. [49] The satirical author Lucian of Samosata treated the myth in a comedic matter in his Dialogues of the Gods.
In Bayer's 1603 work Uranometria, Capella marks the charioteer's back. [83] The three Haedi had been identified as a separate constellation by Pliny the Elder and Manilius, and were called Capra, Caper, or Hircus, all of which relate to its status as the "goat star". [39] Ptolemy merged the Charioteer and the Goats in the 2nd-century Almagest. [84]
The stars of Goshasei correspond to the constellation Auriga, the Charioteer (馭者座, Gyoshaza) and each of the five members represent the following elements: Wind (風, Fū), Cloud (雲, Un), Fire (炎, En), Mountain (山, Zan), and Sea (海, Kai). Each of the Goshasei confront Raoh during the story.
Zeus was said to have been so impressed with his skill that he raised him to the heavens to become the constellation of the Charioteer after his death. The snake is his symbol, and he is represented in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon as the snake hidden behind her shield.
The Five Chariots is a constellation that borders Taurus. The constellation is named as such due to the five main stars, representing the Five Emperors . [ 1 ] The constellation appears within the region of the sky dominated by the White Tiger of the West .