Part one of term paper
Auriga, the Charioteer is the last of the autumn constellations with a right ascension of six hours and a declination of 41.73 degrees. Auriga is an ancient Northern Hemisphere constellation featuring one of the brightest stars in the sky: Capella. Auriga is usually shown as a charioteer; the young Auriga wields a whip in one hand and holds a ...

Part two of term paper
... are found to the south of the star, all the way down to El Nath, the second brightest star (gamma Auriga) which is actually shared with Taurus, and also known as beta Taurus. Auriga's stars are fairly bright; five are second magnitude or brighter. Alpha Auriga (Capella) is the sixth brightness star, at a visual magnitude of 0.08. The star is 43.5 light years away, and is about ten times the size of our Sun. Capella's visual magnitude is really the combined brightness of the primary st ...