Auriga Aur
Auriga is one of the 88 constellations, covering 657 square degrees of the sky (21st largest). It is highest at midnight in December and best in the evening sky in January and February.
14 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Aur |
|---|---|
| Size | 657 square degrees (21st largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 5h 56m, +41° |
| Highest at midnight | December (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: January and February) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 69° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 81°. |
| Pages here | 14 objects |
Nebulae
3Star clusters
3Black holes, pulsars and other extreme objects
1Stars
7Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 2281 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 5.4 | 10.8′ |
| M37 · NGC 2099 | Open star cluster | 5.6 | 11.4′ |
| M36 · NGC 1960 | Open star cluster | 6 | 7.2′ |
| M38 · NGC 1912 | Open star cluster | 6.4 | 9.6′ |
| NGC 1857 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7 | 4.5′ |
| NGC 1893 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.5 | 6′ |
| NGC 1664 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.6 | 11.4′ |
| NGC 1778 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.7 | 4.5′ |
| NGC 1907 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 8.2 | 5.4′ |
| IC 405 (Flaming Star Nebula) | Nebula | 10 | 50′ |
| NGC 1931 (on the map) | Star cluster with nebula | 10.1 | 4.8′ |
| IC 2149 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 10.8 | 0.1′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits