Auriga, the Charioteer, is a constellation that is easily distinguished as an elongated pentagram made up of bright stars. It rises early in the late fall and passes high overhead for northern hemisphere observers. Auriga and Taurus herald the coming of the other bright winter constellations Orion, Gemini and Canis Major. Auriga is dominated by Capella, Alpha Aurigae, the sixth brightest star in the night sky at magnitude 0.08. Capella is also called the Goat Star, She-Goat, or Nanny Goat depending on the tradition and translation. Capella is a spectral-type G spectroscopic binary comprised of two yellow-giant stars and two red dwarfs. This multiple-star system is located 42 light-years away from the Earth. | |
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