AURIGA

AURIGA

(Abbreviation: Aur).

One of the most brilliant northern constellations, with Capella outstanding. Mythologically it honours Erechthonius, son of Vulcan, the blacksmith of the gods, who became King of Athens and also invented also invented the four-horse chariot. There are 8 stars brighter then the fourth magnitude:

BRIGHTEST STARS

STAR	R.A.			DEC			MAG.	ABS.MAG.	SPEC	DIST. PC
STAR	H	M	S	o	‘	“	MAG.	ABS.MAG.	SPEC	DIST. PC
3 i	04	56	59.5	+33	09	58	2.69	-2.3	K3	82 HASSALEH
7 e	05	01	58.1	+43	49	24	2.99v	-8.5	FO	1400
8 z	05	02	28.6	+41	04	33	3.75v	-2.3	K4	160 SADATONI
10 h	05	06	30.8	+41	14	04	3.17	-1.7	B3	61
13 a	05	16	41.3	+45	59	53	0.08	0.3	G8	13 V. CLOSE DOUBLE CAPELLA
15 l	05	19	08.4	+40	05	57	4.71	4.4	GO	13
29 t	05	49	10.4	+39	10	52	4.52	0.3	G8	70
31 u	05	51	02.4	+37	18	20	4.74	-0.5	gM1	110
32 n	05	51	29.3	+39	08	55	3.97	0.2	KO	45
33 d	05	59	31.6	+54	17	05	3.72	0.2	KO	50
34 b	05	59	31.7	+44	56	51	1.90	0.6	A2	22 MENKARLINA
37 q	05	59	43.2	+37	12	45	2.62	0.1	AOp	25
35 p	05	59	56.1	+45	56	12	4.26	-2.4	M3	200
44 k	06	15	22.6	+29	29	53	4.35	0.3	G8	46

DOUBLES

STAR	R.A.			DEC			MAGS.	P.A.	DIST. PC
STAR	H	M	S	o	‘	“	MAGS.	P.A.	DIST. PC
4 w	04	59	15.3	+37	53	24	5.0, 8.0	355	5.8 SLOW BINARY
37 q	05	59	43.2	+37	12	45	2.7 7.5	320	3.0 SLOW BINARY

VARIABLES

STAR	R.A.		DEC		RANGE	PERIOD, D.	SPEC	TYPE
STAR	H	M	o	‘	RANGE	PERIOD, D.	SPEC	TYPE
5 e	05	01.9	+43	49	3.0---4.1	9883	Fp	ECLIPSING UNIQUE SYSTEM. ECLIPSE IN PROGRESS 1983
8 z	05	02.4	+41	05	3.7---4.2	972	K+B7	GAINT ECLIPSING SYSTEM
AE	05	13.0	+34	15	5.4---6.1	IRREG.	09.5	ERRATIC VARIABLE MIRA
R	05	13.3	+53	32	6.7---13.7	459	M	MIRA
UV	05	18.5	+32	28	7.5---10.1	393	N	SEMI-REGULAR
U	05	38.9	+32	01	7.5---15.5	407	M	MIRA
UU	06	33.2	+38	29	5.1---6.8	235	N	SEMI-REGULAR
RT	06	25.4	+30	32	5.4---6.5	3.73	F-G	CHEPHEID

CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ

OBJECT	R.A.		DEC		TYPE	NOTES
OBJECT	H	M	o	‘	TYPE	NOTES
NGC 1664	04	47.4	+43	37	OPEN CLUSTER	MAG. 7.5 FAIRLY RICH
I 405	05	13.0	+34	16	NEBULA	ASSOCIATED WITH AE AURIGÆ
NGC 1857	05	16.6	+39	18	OPEN CLUSTER	MAG. 8.6. ABOUT 45 STARS
NGC 1907	05	24.7	+35	17	OPEN CLUSTER	MAG. 9.9
NGC 1912 M.38	05	25.3	+35	48	OPEN CLUSTER	MAG. 7.4 CRUCIFOM
NGC 1960 M.36	05	32.0	+34	07	OPEN CLUSTER	MAG. 6.3
NGC 2099 M.37	05	49.1	+32	32	OPEN CLUSTER	MAG. 6.2; SUPERIOR TO M.36
NGC 2281	06	45.8	+41	07	OPEN CLUSTER	MAG. 6.7. ABOUT 30 STAR
I 2149	05	52.6	+46	07	PLANETARY	MAG. 9.9; CENTER STAR MAG 14