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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 .
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 .
The comet Kiess (C/1911 N1) is the source of the material that causes the meteors. The comet's orbital period is approximately 2000 to 2100 years, [ 3 ] with showers observed in the years 1935, '86, '94 and 2007 .
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 ...
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.
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]
Nu Aurigae, Latinised from ν Aurigae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Auriga.It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.96 [2] and is approximately 200 light-years (61 parsecs) distant from the Earth. [1]
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.