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Auriga, the Charioteer is the last of the autumn constellations with a right ascension of six hours and a declination of 41.73 degrees. Auriga is an ancient Northern Hemisphere constellation featuring one of the brightest stars in the sky: Capella. Auriga is usual ....

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.... light years away, and is about ten times the size of our Sun. Capella's visual magnitude is really the combined brightness of the primary star and another star that revolves every 104 days. This star is also known as Menkalina. The star name derives from the Arabic name Al Mankib dhi'l Inan, "The Shoulder of the One Who Holds the Reins," that is, "The Shoulder of the Charioteer." Several open clusters are found in Auriga. Each contains about 100 stars and is about 2,700 light years away. The main part of Auriga is a five-sided figure of first, second, third magnitude stars. The Charioteer has two strange variable stars. Epsilon is usuall ....