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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 .
9 Aurigae (9 Aur) is a star system in Auriga (constellation).It has an apparent magnitude of about 5, making it visible to the naked eye in many suburban skies. [15] Parallax estimates made by the Hipparcos spacecraft put it at about 86 light-years (26 parsecs) from the solar system, [1] although individual Gaia Data Release 3 parallaxes place all three components at 88 light years.
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 ...
3 Aur Other objects; Common name ... M 36: NGC 1960 M 37: NGC 2099 M 38: NGC 1912 Constellation map: Pages in category "Auriga" The following 155 pages are in this ...
A light curve for Beta Aurigae, plotted from data published by Southworth et al. (2007) [3] Beta Aurigae is a binary star system, but it appears as a single star in the night sky. The two stars are metallic-lined subgiant stars belonging to the A-type stellar classification ; [ 3 ] they have roughly the same mass and radius.
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. ... V min = 1.98 m, P = 3. ...
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] It was widely observed in the late 19th century and its spectrum was described in 1890. [10]
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.