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Auriga
The Charioteer
Map of Auriga
Genitive
  Aurigae
Abbreviation
  Aur
Right Ascension
  04h35 to 07h27
Declination
  +27° 54' to +56° 6'
Area (sq deg)
  657
Brightest Star
  Capella
Optimum Visibility
  December/January
 A constellation lying on the Milky Way in the northern sky, particularly famed for the brilliant binary Capella, and for the number of open clusters in this region. Relative Galactic Position of Auriga
The constellation of Auriga looks 'outwards' along the plane of the Milky Way, towards the edge of our Galaxy.
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