1.3 KiB
| name | created_by | created_date | updated_by | updated_date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auriga | skybber | 2021-06-02 18:57:03.133087 | skybber | 2022-02-11 17:00:05.583123 |
A striking constellation in the northern sky in an interesting part of the winter Milky Way. Bright stars form a distinctive horseshoe pattern between the constellations Gemini and Perseus. Its northern part is circumpolar in our latitudes, the whole constellation not falling below the northern horizon until 60 degrees north latitude. The constellation of Auriga is easily found thanks to the bright star Capella, which is also accompanied a little further south by three stars: ε, ζ and η Aurigae, which are called "Kids of the she-goat Capella" (Haedus). They are visible as a small triangle of stars. It is at this point that the Milky Way begins to regain its brightness and continues next to the Ladder (a striking line of tight 5th magnitude constellations 16, 17, 18, 19 and IQ Aurigae) in the form of an interesting narrow band to the south. Within the distinctive horseshoe pattern formed by the constellation's five brightest stars lies the so-called Big Three in the Wozze - a trio of Messier clusters M36, M37 and M38, all of which can be visible without binoculars during excellent conditions.
