Auriga

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Auriga is a prominent northern constellation best known for its bright star Capella and its pentagon-shaped pattern in the winter sky.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Auriga canonical 14
Auriga constellation 1
Aurigae 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation
northern constellation
areaSquareDegrees 657
belongsTo IAU 88 modern constellations
bestKnownFor bright star Capella
pentagon-shaped asterism
borderedBy Camelopardalis
Gemini
Lynx
Perseus
Taurus
brightestStar Capella
cataloguedBy Ptolemy
linked to: Ptolemaios
containsAsterism The Kids
pentagon-shaped main pattern
containsDeepSkyObject Flaming Star Nebula
IC 405
IC 410
Messier 36
Messier 37
Messier 38
NGC 1931
Tadpole Nebula
containsStar Almaaz
Capella
Elnath
Haedus
Hassaleh
Mahasim
Menkalinan
Saclateni
declinationRange approximately +27° to +56°
hemisphereVisibility primarily northern
IAUAbbreviation Aur
IAUGenitive Aurigae
linked to: Auriga
locatedIn northern celestial hemisphere
mythologicalAssociation Erichthonius of Athens
Hephaestus
a charioteer holding a goat and kids
nameMeaning charioteer
notableFor rich open star clusters
quadrant NQ1
rankByArea 21
rightAscensionRange approximately 4h to 7h
symbolism the Charioteer
visibleBetweenLatitudes +90° and −40°
visibleInSeason northern autumn
northern winter
zodiacConstellation false

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gemini borderedBy Auriga
Perseus constellation borderedBy Auriga constellation
linked to: Auriga
Camelopardalis locatedNear Auriga
Orion borderedBy Auriga
subject linked to: Orion constellation
Gemini liesAdjacentToConstellation Auriga
subject linked to: constellation Gemini
Auriga IAUGenitive Aurigae
linked to: Auriga
Lynx liesBetween Auriga
Lynx liesAdjacentTo Auriga