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• AURIGA (the " charioteer " or " waggoner ")

AURIGA (the " charioteer " or " waggoner ")  , in See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, a See also:

• CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern hemisphere, found in the catalogues of See also:

• EUDOXUS

Eudoxus (4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C.) and See also:

• ARATUS

Aratus (3rd century B.C.) . It was symbolized by the Greeks as an old See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in a more or less sitting posture, with a See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat and her kids in his See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, and a bridle in his right . The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Greeks associated this constellation with many myths . Some assume it to be Erichthonius, son of See also:

• ATHENA (the Attic form of the Homeric Athene, also called Athenaia, Pallas Athene, Pallas)

Athena and See also:

• HEPHAESTUS

Hephaestus, who was translated to the skies by See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his invention of chariots or coaches . Others assume it to be Myrtilus, a son of See also:

• HERMES
• HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

Hermes and Clytie, and charioteer to See also:

• OENOMAUS

Oenomaus, who was placed in the heavens by Hermes . Another myth has it to be Olenus, a son of Hephaestus, and See also:

• FATHER

father of Aega and Helice, two See also:

• NYMPHS

nymphs who nursed Zeus . See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy catalogued fourteen stars, Tycho See also:

• BRAHE, PER, COUNT (1602-1680)
• BRAHE, TYCHO (1546-1601)

Brahe twenty-seven, and See also:

• HEVELIUS [HEVEL or H6WELCKE], JOHANN (1611—1687)

Hevelius See also:

• FORTY

forty in this constellation . Interesting stars are: a Aurigae or See also:

• CAPELLA, MARTIANUS MINNEUS FELIX

Capella (the goat), one of the brightest stars in the heavens, determined by Newall and See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell to be a spectroscopic binary; (3 Aurigae, a See also:

• STAR

star of the second magnitude also a spectroscopic binary; e Aurigae, an irregularly variable star; and Nova Aurigae, a " new " star discovered by See also:

• ANDERSON
• ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
• ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
• ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
• ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
• ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
• ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
• ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
• ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)

Anderson in 1892, and afterwards found on a photographic See also:

• PLATE

plate exposed at Harvard in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1891 . Several See also:

• FINE

fine star clusters also appear in this constellation .