Constellation
Auriga
Auriga (Aur) is one of the 88 constellations recognised by the International Astronomical Union. Its brightest star is Capella (magnitude 0.08).
| Latin name | Auriga |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Aur |
| Brightest star | Capella |
| Stars in this encyclopedia | 229 |
| Stars with exoplanets | 19 |
| Deep-sky objects | 136 |
| Galaxies | 8 |
In the sky
Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 50° S. North of latitude 50° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Its brightest stars
- Capella 0.08 · 42.8 light-years
- Gl 194B 0.96 · 42.2 light-years
- Menkalinan 1.90 · 81.1 light-years
- Mahasim 2.65 · 165.6 light-years
- Hassaleh 2.69 · 449.9 light-years
- Almaaz 3.03 · 3,302 light-years
- Haedus 3.18 · 232.6 light-years
- Saclateni 3.69 · 2,290 light-years
- δ Aur 3.72 · 141.5 light-years
- ν Aur 3.97 · 202.1 light-years
- π Aur 4.30 · 722.3 light-years
- κ Aur 4.32 · 178.5 light-years
- τ Aur 4.51 · 209.8 light-years
- 16 Aur 4.54 · 343.0 light-years
- λ Aur 4.69 · 41.0 light-years
- υ Aur 4.72 · 568.6 light-years
- 2 Aur 4.79 · 615.7 light-years
- ψ² Aur 4.80 · 403.0 light-years
- μ Aur 4.82 · 162.3 light-years
- 63 Aur 4.91 · 428.3 light-years
- ω Aur 4.93 · 161.1 light-years
- ξ Aur 4.96 · 243.9 light-years
- 9 Aur 4.98 · 88.0 light-years
- ψ⁷ Aur 4.99 · 339.5 light-years
- 14 Aur 5.01 · 271.5 light-years
Its stars with exoplanets
- HD 40979 1 planet(s)
- AB Aur 1 planet(s)
- Lucilinburhuc 1 planet(s)
- HD 43691 1 planet(s)
- Nervia 1 planet(s)
- HD 42012 1 planet(s)
- KELT-7 1 planet(s)
- KELT-2 A 1 planet(s)
- TOI-5734 1 planet(s)
- TOI-5110 1 planet(s)
- WASP-12 1 planet(s)
- TIC 241249530 1 planet(s)
- Tevel 1 planet(s)
- HAT-P-62 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2570 1 planet(s)
- TOI-1693 1 planet(s)
- HAT-P-61 1 planet(s)
- G 192-15 2 planet(s)
- TOI-3757 1 planet(s)
Deep-sky objects
- PSR J0541+2959_P Pulsar
- PSR J0554+3107 Pulsar
- PSR J0528+3529_P Pulsar
- PSR B0609+37 (J0612+3721) Pulsar
- PSR J0520+3722_P Pulsar
- PSR J0605+3757 Pulsar
- PSR J0509+3801 Pulsar
- PSR J0501+4516 Pulsar
- PSR B0458+46 (J0502+4654) Pulsar
- PSR J0653+4706 Pulsar
- PSR J0636+5128 Pulsar
- Pal 2 Globular cluster
- Czernik 19 Star cluster
- Teutsch 10 Star cluster
- Czernik 23 Star cluster
- FSR 0826 Star cluster
- NGC 1896 Star cluster
- FSR 0823 Star cluster
- Berkeley 19 Star cluster
- FSR 0844 Star cluster
- Koposov 43 Star cluster
- FSR 0821 Star cluster
- ASCC 17 Star cluster
- FSR 0796 Star cluster
- Basel 4 Star cluster
- FSR 0839 Star cluster
- Berkeley 17 Star cluster
- IRAS 05439+3035 Star cluster
- BDSB 74 Star cluster
- FSR 0833 Star cluster
- Skiff J0507+30.8 Star cluster
- FSR 0817 Star cluster
- Teutsch 45 Star cluster
- Koposov 36 Star cluster
- DC 8 Star cluster
- FSR 0815 Star cluster
- FSR 0848 Star cluster
- FSR 0816 Star cluster
- FSR 0767 Star cluster
- FSR 0812 Star cluster
- FSR 0807 Star cluster
- FSR 0771 Star cluster
- Berkeley 71 Star cluster
- NGC 2099 Star cluster
- Berkeley 69 Star cluster
- Dolidze 16 Star cluster
- Koposov 27 Star cluster
- NGC 1893 Star cluster
- SAI 48 Star cluster
- King 8 Star cluster
- FSR 0831 Star cluster
- FSR 0799 Star cluster
- Dolidze 20 Star cluster
- NGC 1960 Star cluster
- NGC 1931 Star cluster
- Stock 8 Star cluster
- FSR 0777 Star cluster
- Kronberger 1 Star cluster
- FSR 0775 Star cluster
- ASCC 14 Star cluster
- NGC 2240 Star cluster
- Koposov 12 Star cluster
- NGC 1907 Star cluster
- Koposov 10 Star cluster
- Sh2 235B Star cluster
- FSR 0759 Star cluster
- NGC 1912 Star cluster
- BDSB 73 Star cluster
- Sh2 235 Star cluster
- FSR 0750 Star cluster
- Czernik 21 Star cluster
- FSR 0811 Star cluster
- SAI 46 Star cluster
- ASCC 15 Star cluster
- FSR 0753 Star cluster
- Teutsch 5 Star cluster
- NGC 1778 Star cluster
- IRAS 05100+3723 Star cluster
- BDSB 68 Star cluster
- Kronberger 18 Star cluster
- Stock 10 Star cluster
- FSR 0744 Star cluster
- FSR 0742 Star cluster
- Teutsch 52 Star cluster
- SAI 41 Star cluster
- Teutsch 132 Star cluster
- King 17 Star cluster
- Bica 6 Star cluster
- Teutsch 2 Star cluster
- NGC 1857 Star cluster
- Czernik 20 Star cluster
- FSR 0761 Star cluster
- NGC 2192 Star cluster
- Waterloo 2 Star cluster
- FSR 0735 Star cluster
- Collinder 62 Star cluster
- NGC 2281 Star cluster
- FSR 0749 Star cluster
- Berkeley 70 Star cluster
- SAI 47 Star cluster
- FSR 0734 Star cluster
- FSR 0732 Star cluster
- Skiff J0458+43.0 Star cluster
- Berkeley 14 Star cluster
- NGC 1664 Star cluster
- FSR 0722 Star cluster
- Berkeley 15 Star cluster
- ASCC 13 Star cluster
- FSR 0736 Star cluster
- Berkeley 18 Star cluster
- Patchick 3 Star cluster
- FSR 0716 Star cluster
- FSR 0702 Star cluster
- NGC 1883 Star cluster
- ASCC 23 Star cluster
- FSR 0707 Star cluster
- NGC 1798 Star cluster
- NGC 2126 Star cluster
- SAI 43 Star cluster
- FSR 0690 Star cluster
- SAI 49 Star cluster
- FSR 0693 Star cluster
- K 3-68 Planetary nebula
- K 2- 1 Planetary nebula
- CRL 618 Planetary nebula
- A 8 Planetary nebula
- K 3-69 Planetary nebula
- IC 2149 Planetary nebula
- SNR G182.4+4.3 Supernova
- SNR G179.0+2.6 Supernova
- VRO 42.05.01 (SNR G166.0+4.3) Supernova
- HB9 (SNR G160.9+2.6) Supernova
- SNR G156.2+5.7 Supernova
- Sh2-217 Nebula
- Sh2-219 Nebula
- Sh2-235 Nebula
Galaxies
Its other stars
- σ Aur
- ψ⁴ Aur
- 19 Aur
- φ Aur
- 65 Aur
- ρ Aur
- ψ⁶ Aur
- 66 Aur
- ψ⁵ Aur
- 49 Aur
- 45 Aur
- ψ³ Aur
- 40 Aur
- HIP 24799
- 26 Aur
- HIP 24902
- ο Aur
- HIP 25143
- HIP 24738
- HIP 22393
- HIP 22545
- HIP 25001
- HIP 24109
- HIP 22699
- HIP 25492
- 51 Aur
- 36 Aur
- HIP 26344
- 53 Aur
- 41 Aur
- HIP 29451
- HIP 31173
- HIP 22407
- ψ⁹ Aur
- 64 Aur
- 47 Aur
- HIP 33415
- HIP 27973
- HIP 28343
- 39 Aur
- HIP 25471
- HIP 25291
- 5 Aur
- HIP 26606
- HIP 28562
- HIP 24575
- HIP 25816
- HIP 28930
- HIP 24072
- 54 Aur
- 62 Aur
- HIP 33044
- HIP 26712
- HIP 27778
- HIP 28637
- HIP 22842
- HIP 29569
- 38 Aur
- HIP 26315
- 59 Aur
- HIP 23511
- Gl 226.3
- HIP 23583
- HIP 28390
- 17 Aur
- HIP 29025
- HIP 33269
- HIP 25476
- HIP 25475
- HIP 28517
- HIP 34462
- HIP 23799
- HIP 25730
- Gl 211
- HIP 28438
- HIP 32190
- HIP 24771
- HIP 26718
- HIP 28644
- HIP 28861
- HIP 33056
- HIP 26071
- HIP 27661
- HIP 29404
- HIP 27625
- HIP 25290
- HIP 27319
- HIP 33271
- HIP 28820
- 60 Aur
- 43 Aur
- HIP 35623
- HIP 29114
- HIP 31889
- HIP 26463
- HIP 32268
- HIP 25810
- HIP 28642
- HIP 28765
- HIP 26781
- HIP 27777
- HIP 35725
- HIP 25580
- HIP 30200
- HIP 24193
- HIP 28385
- HIP 30741
- HIP 26592
- 22 Aur
- 6 Aur
- ψ⁸ Aur
- HIP 27293
- HIP 24332
- HIP 32040
- HIP 33453
- HIP 35317
- HIP 22003
- HIP 23724
- 18 Aur
- HIP 24881
- HIP 25301
- HIP 28634
- HIP 32746
- HIP 26054
- HIP 27164
- 42 Aur
- HD 40979
- GJ 9168
- AB Aur
- Gl 217
- GJ 3358
- GJ 3370
- Lucilinburhuc
- HD 43691
- GJ 3359
- Nervia
- GJ 3363
- HD 42012
- KELT-7
- KELT-2 A
- Gl 249
- GJ 3415A
- GJ 1076
- TOI-5734
- Gl 212
- Gl 181
- Gl 195A
- GJ 3438
- GJ 1074
- GJ 3352
- GJ 3395
- GJ 3416B
- TOI-5110
- GJ 3336
- WASP-12
- Gl 268
- TIC 241249530
- Gl 246
- Gl 207
- GJ 3349
- GJ 1081
- GJ 3391
- Tevel
- GJ 3384
- HAT-P-62
- TOI-2570
- GJ 3365
- GJ 3388
- TOI-1693
- GJ 3345
- HAT-P-61
- GJ 1091
- GJ 1073
- Gl 195B
- GJ 1092
- GJ 3381
- G 192-15
- GJ 3430A
- GJ 1082
- TOI-3757
- GJ 3396
- GJ 3431B
- LSR J0602+3910
- WISEA J060742.13+455037.0
- WISEA J062858.69+345249.2
- 2MASSI J0652307+471034
- 2MASS J05445741+3705039
- WISE J064205.58+410155.5
- WISE J050854.88+331920.8
- PSO J088.0452+43.2123
- 2MASS J06143818+3950357
- PSO J078.9904+31.0171
- PSO J108.4590+38.2086
- WISEA J071138.88+370601.0
- WISEPA J065609.60+420531.0
- PSO J103.0927+41.4601
- 2MASS J06020638+4043588
- PSO J076.7092+52.6087
- CWISE J061348.70+480820.5
- WISEA J063552.52+514820.4
- WISEPA J061407.49+391236.4
- UGPS J052127.27+364048.6
- WISE J054047.00+483232.4
- CWISEP J063428.10+504925.9
