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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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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. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes
IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31) is an emission and reflection nebula [1] in the constellation Auriga north of the celestial equator, surrounding the bluish, irregular variable star AE Aurigae. It shines at magnitude +6.0. Its celestial coordinates are RA 05 h 16.2 m dec +34° 28′. [2]
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 ...
14 Aurigae is a quadruple star system located 269 [2] light years away from the Sun in the zodiac constellation of Auriga. It has the variable star designation KW Aurigae, whereas 14 Aurigae is the Flamsteed designation. [9] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.01. [3]
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] This is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of G9.5 III. [9]
Psi 5 Aurigae (ψ 5 Aur, ψ 5 Aurigae) is a star [8] in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.25. [2] Based upon parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, this star is approximately 53.9 light-years (16.5 parsecs) distant from Earth. [1]