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Constellation map: Pages in category "Auriga" The following 155 pages are in this category, out of 155 total. ... WASP-12; WASP-12b; Westbrook Nebula;
Messier 38 or M38, also known as NGC 1912 or Starfish Cluster, [4] is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Auriga. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and independently found by Le Gentil in 1749. The open clusters M36 and M37, also discovered by Hodierna, are often grouped together with M38. [5]
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 .
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Auriga, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var ... +30° 48′ 24.1″ 15.56: 12.02: 166: DA: white ...
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 .
Messier 37 (also known as M37, NGC 2099, or the Salt and Pepper Cluster) is the brightest and richest open cluster in the constellation Auriga.It was discovered by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654.
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.
12 Aurigae is a Be star in the northern constellation Auriga. It lies below the normal limit for visibility to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.988. [2] It lacks a designation from the Hipparcos catalogue. It is located just under half a degree north of Capella. [8]