Auriga

Auriga is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is one of the 88 modern constellations; it was among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy. Its name is Latin for '(the) charioteer', associating it with various mythological beings, including Erichthonius and Myrtilus. Auriga is most prominent during winter evenings in the northern Hemisphere, as are five other constellations that have stars in the Winter Hexagon asterism. Because of its northern declination, Auriga is only visible in its entirety as far south as −34°; for observers farther south i

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. A prominent object in the northern sky, it is circumpolar to observers north of 44°N. Its name meaning "little goat" in Latin, Capella depicted the goat Amalthea that suckled Zeus in classical mythology. Capella is relatively close, at . It is one of the brightest X-ray source

open cluster in the constellation Auriga

open cluster in the constellation Auriga

open cluster in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Taurus

binary star system in the northern constellation of Auriga

nebula and open cluster in the constellation Auriga

open cluster in the constellation Auriga

open cluster in the constellation Auriga

open cluster in the constellation Auriga

emission nebula in the constellation Auriga

WASP-12b is a hot Jupiter (a class of extrasolar planets) orbiting the star WASP-12, discovered in April of 2008, by the SuperWASP planetary transit survey. The planet takes only a little over one Earth day to orbit its star, in contrast to about 365.25 days for the Earth to orbit the Sun. Its distance from the star (approximately ) is only \textstyle\frac{1}{43} the Earth's distance from the Sun, with an eccentricity the same as Jupiter's. Consequently, it has one of the lowest densities for exoplanets ("inflated" by the flux of energy from the star). On December 3, 2013, scientists working w

galaxy

star in the northern constellation of Auriga

star cluster

star cluster

bright nebula in Auriga

planetary nebula

star in the constellation Auriga

binary star in the constellation Auriga

WASP-12 is a magnitude 11 yellow dwarf star located approximately 1347 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. WASP-12 has a mass and radius similar to the Sun and is known for being orbited by a planet that is extremely hot and has a retrograde orbit around WASP-12. WASP-12 forms a triple star system with two red dwarf companions. Both of them have spectral types of M3V and are only 38% and 37% as massive as the Sun, respectively.

binary star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

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star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

planetary nebula in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

solar-type star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

Bright nebula in Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

HAT-P-9b, formally named Alef, is an exoplanet approximately 1500 light years away in the constellation Auriga. This planet was found by the transit method on June 26, 2008. It has a mass 78% that of Jupiter and a radius 140% that of Jupiter. As with most transiting planets, this planet is a hot Jupiter, meaning this Jupiter-like planet orbits extremely close to its parent star, taking only 3.92 days to orbit.

star system in the constellation Auriga

binary star system in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

globular cluster

direction in space directly opposite to the Galactic Center, as viewed from Earth

aspherical protoplanetary nebula which is located in the constellation Auriga

variable star in the constellation Auriga

Galaxy cluster in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

variable star in the constellation Auriga

binary star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

binary star system in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

star system in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga

binary star system in the constellation Auriga

star in the constellation Auriga