Constellations
Auriga (Aur)
The Charioteer
Also known as charioteer.
6 looks for Auriga
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Auriga
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Charioteer
- IAU abbreviation
- Aur
- Its stars are named
- Aurigae (as in "Alpha Aurigae")
- Family
- Perseus family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in January
- Centre
- Right ascension 5h 24m, declination +41° 19′
- The figure
- 9 stars joined by 10 lines
- Brightest star
- Capella, magnitude 0.08
Star patterns in it: Winter Hexagon.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Capella (α Aur)mag 0.08
- Elnath (β Tau)mag 1.65
- Menkalinan (β Aur)mag 1.90
- Mahasim (θ Aur)mag 2.62
- Hassaleh (ι Aur)mag 2.69
- Almaaz (ε Aur)mag 2.99
- Haedus (η Aur)mag 3.17
- δ Aurmag 3.72
- Saclateni (ζ Aur)mag 3.75
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation