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 ⓘ