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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 .
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Beta Aurigae (Latinized from β Aurigae, abbreviated Beta Aur, β Aur), officially named Menkalinan / m ɛ ŋ ˈ k æ l ɪ n æ n /, [10] [11] is a binary star [12] system in the northern constellation of Auriga. The combined apparent visual magnitude of the system is 1.9, [4] making it the second-brightest member of the constellation after ...
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.
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. [10] Both components are blue-white B-type main-sequence stars that do not fill their Roche lobes.
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.
Psi 1 Aurigae (ψ 1 Aur, ψ 1 Aurigae) is a star in the northern constellation of Auriga.It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.91. [2] Based upon a measured annual parallax shift of 0.44 mas, [1] it is approximately 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) distant from the Earth.