Constellation
The constellation Auriga
Aur
Auriga gathers 76 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Capella, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around December.
Auriga in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 76
- Brightest star
- Capella
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- December
- With a proper name
- 7
- Nearest star
- Lambda Aurigae
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 0.08
Declination from 28° to 56°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
41 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Auriga
The 76 stars of Auriga catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- CapellaAlpha Aurigae0.08
- HYG 1183600.96
- MenkalinanBeta Aurigae1.90
- MahasimTheta Aurigae2.65
- HassalehIota Aurigae2.69
- AlmaazEpsilon Aurigae3.03
- HaedusEta Aurigae3.18
- SaclateniZeta Aurigae3.69
- Delta Aurigae3.72
- Nu Aurigae3.97
- Pi Aurigae4.30
- Kappa Aurigae4.32
- Tau Aurigae4.51
- 16 Aurigae4.54
- Lambda Aurigae4.69
- Chi Aurigae4.71
- Upsilon Aurigae4.72
- 2 Aurigae4.79
- Psi 2 Aurigae4.80
- Mu Aurigae4.82
- 63 Aurigae4.91
- Psi 1 Aurigae4.92
- Omega Aurigae4.93
- Xi Aurigae4.96
- 9 Aurigae4.98
- Psi 7 Aurigae4.99
- 14 Aurigae5.01
- Sigma Aurigae5.02
- Psi 4 Aurigae5.04
- 19 Aurigae5.05
- Phi Aurigae5.08
- 65 Aurigae5.12
- Rho Aurigae5.22
- Psi 6 Aurigae5.22
- 66 Aurigae5.23
- Psi 5 Aurigae5.24
- 49 Aurigae5.26
- 45 Aurigae5.34
- Psi 3 Aurigae5.34
- 40 Aurigae5.35
- HIP 247995.38
- 26 Aurigae5.40
- HIP 315795.40
- HIP 249025.46
- Omicron Aurigae5.46
- HIP 251435.54
- HIP 247385.55
- HIP 223935.57
- HIP 225455.64
- HIP 250015.66
- HIP 241095.67
- HIP 226995.68
- HIP 254925.69
- 51 Aurigae5.70
- 36 Aurigae5.71
- HIP 263445.74
- 48 Aurigae5.75
- 53 Aurigae5.76
- 41 Aurigae5.78
- HIP 294515.78
- HIP 311735.82
- HIP 224075.84
- Psi 9 Aurigae5.85
- 64 Aurigae5.87
- 47 Aurigae5.88
- HIP 334155.88
- HIP 279735.90
- HIP 283435.90
- 39 Aurigae5.90
- HIP 254715.92
- HIP 252915.94
- 5 Aurigae5.95
- HIP 266065.98
- HIP 285625.98
- HIP 245755.99
- HIP 258165.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.