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    Beta Aurigae (Latinized from β Aurigae, abbreviated Beta Aur, β Aur), officially named Menkalinan /mɛŋˈkælɪnæn/, is a binary star system in the northern...
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    brightest stars in the night sky. Beta Aurigae is an interesting variable star in the constellation; Epsilon Aurigae, a nearby eclipsing binary with an...
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    which is Latinised from β Tauri and abbreviated Beta Tau or β Tau. The original designation of Gamma Aurigae is now rarely used. It is a chemically peculiar...
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    Capella (redirect from Alpha Aurigae)
    constellation of Auriga. It has the Bayer designation α Aurigae, which is Latinised to Alpha Aurigae and abbreviated Alpha Aur or α Aur. Capella is the sixth-brightest...
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  • 60 Beta Librae Star 2.63 Alpha Serpentis Star 2.64 2.60 Beta Corvi Star 2.65 2.62 Theta Aurigae Binary star system 2.65 Alpha Columbae Star 2.65 Beta Arietis...
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    along with other scattered stars such as Beta Aurigae, Alpha Coronae Borealis, Beta Crateris, Beta Eridani and Beta Serpentis. This would be one of three...
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  • comprises five stars: Capella (Hawaiian: Hoku-lei, lit. 'Star-Wreath') Beta Aurigae (Hawaiian: Na Mahoe, lit. 'The Twins', or Nana-mua-ma, lit. 'Nana-mua...
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    Borealis (α CrB or Alphecca or Gemma), Beta Aurigae (β Aur), Delta Aquarii (δ Aqr), Gamma Leporis (γ Lep) and Beta Serpentis (β Ser). More bright and moderately...
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    Auriga. Located about one degree north of the 2nd magnitude star Beta Aurigae, Pi Aurigae is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of...
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    Menkalinan Mankib Dhiyi l-ʿInān Shoulder of the Rein-holder منكب ذي العنان Beta Aurigae Menkar al-Minkhar the Nostril المنخر Alpha Ceti Menkent Mankib ul-Qanṭūris...
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  • Auriga, minus Delta Aurigae. It is known in Japanese as Gosha (五車). Iota Aurigae Alpha Aurigae Beta Aurigae Theta Aurigae Gamma Aurigae The Five Chariots...
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  • a triple system with WD 1856+534 (see above) HD 1562 81 1 G0 V 7.024 Beta Aurigae (Menkalinan) 81.1 ± 0.5 2 A1m IV + A1m IV 1.89 - 1.98 HR 7294 81.2 1...
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    Chi Aurigae, Latinized from χ Aurigae, is the Bayer designation for a binary star system in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is visible to the...
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  • realized that there were many undiscovered ones. He soon found that Beta Aurigae and Delta Orionis were eclipsing binaries. Further discoveries followed...
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  • Canopus (fourth time) +480,000 +990,000 +480,000 −0.40 346 310 −0.72 Beta Aurigae +990,000 +1,150,000 +1,190,000 −0.40 28.5 82.1 1.9 Delta Scuti +1,150...
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  • Kulozik has been exiled to the agricultural colony world Halvmörk in the Beta Aurigae system. Kulozik must lead the colonists on a hazardous journey across...
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    asterism consisting of Eta Aurigae, Epsilon Aurigae, Zeta Aurigae, Upsilon Aurigae, Nu Aurigae, Tau Aurigae, Chi Aurigae and 26 Aurigae. Consequently, the Chinese...
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    spectrum. Then, in 1889, Maury discovered a second spectroscopic binary, Beta Aurigae, and calculated its orbital period. Learning of this work from a copy...
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    LY Aurigae is a multiple star system in the constellation Auriga. It is an eclipsing binary variable star, dropping in brightness by 0.7 magnitudes every...
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    IU Aurigae is a triple star system in the constellation Auriga, consisting of an eclipsing binary pair orbiting a third component with a period of 335 years...
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  • reassigned to Scorpius – Star Tales – Norma Also designated Gamma Aurigae (γ Aur, γ Aurigae) by Bayer, after Ptolemy – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters...
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    (~2:48 hours, HW Virginis); the longest is 9892 days (27 years, Epsilon Aurigae). Over long periods of time, various effects can cause the period to vary:...
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    faint, located in a nondescript patch of sky between the Pleiades and Beta Aurigae. The distance to RV Tau has been calculated by various methods, including...
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    Iota Aurigae Alpheta Alpha Coronae Borealis Alramih Arcturus Alkaid Eta Ursae Majoris K.Alasad Alpha Leonis Algomisa Procyon Alhabor Sirius Alghul Beta Persei...
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    the photometer and discovered four stars to be eclipsing binary stars: Beta Aurigae, Spica, Alpha Coronae Borealis and Delta Orionis. Although the selenium...
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  • 18 Aurigae is a star located 233 light years away from the Sun in the northern constellation of Auriga. The brightness of this object is near the limit...
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    letter from both constellations: Alpha Andromedae = Delta Pegasi, Beta Tauri = Gamma Aurigae, and Nu Boötis = Psi Herculis. (He catalogued Fomalhaut only once...
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    Rho Aurigae (ρ Aur, ρ Aurigae) is the Bayer designation for a binary star system in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is faintly visible to the...
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    HD 34626 (redirect from MZ Aurigae)
    HD 34626, also known as MZ Aurigae, is an unusual variable star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has an apparent magnitude of 8.2 and is about...
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  • exoplanet (AF Lep b) 9 Aurigae C (V398 Aurigae) 87.65 ± 0.04 3 K5Ve 4.93 - 5.03 15 Pegasi 87.8 ± 0.12 1 F2V 5.53 9 Aurigae B (V398 Aurigae) 88.0 ± 0.1 3 M 4...
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