Auriga

Auriga star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...

Origin of Constellation

Babylonian

Kugel Globe: Auriga and Taurus (drawing by SMH 2024)

Almagest Ἠνίοχος.

id	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Ἡνιόχου ἀστερισμός	Constellation of Auriga
1	ὁ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς δύο ὁ νοτιώτερος.	The southernmost of the two on the head	del Aur
2	ὁ βορειότερος καὶ ὑπὲρ τὴν κεφαλήν	The northernmost [ of these], over the head	xi Aur
3	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ὤμου καλούμευος Αἵξ.	The star on the left shoulder, called Capella	alf Aur
4	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ὥμου	The star on the right shoulder	bet Aur
5	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ἀγκῶνος.	The star on the right elbow	nu Aur
6	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ καρποῦ.	The star on the. right wrist	tet Aur
	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἀγκῶνος.	The star on the left elbow	eps Aur
	τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ καρποῦ β καλουμένων Ἑρίφων ὁ ἐπόμενος	The rearmost of the two stars on the left wrist, which are called 'Haedi'	eta Aur
	ὁ προηγούμενος αὐτῶν.	The more ad;,anced of these	zet Aur
	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ σφυροῦ.	The star on the left ankle	iot Aur
	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ σφυροῦ κοινὸς κέρατος.	The star on the right ankle, which is [ applied in] common to the horn [ of Taurus]	bet Tau
	ὁ τούτου ἀπ’ ἄρκτων ἐν τῷ περιποδύῳ.	The one to the north of the latter, in the lower hem [ of the garment]	chi Aur
	ὁ ἔτι τούτου βορειότερος ἐπὶ τοῦ γλουτοῦ.	The one north aga,in of this, on the buttock	phi Aur
	ὁ ὑπὲρ τὸν ἀριστερὸν πόδα μικρός	The small star over the left foot	14 Aur
	ἀστέρες ἰδ, ὥν α μεγέθουςα, β’ ἂ, γ’ β, δ’ὁ, ε β, ς ἂ.	14 stars, I of the first magnitude, l of the second, 2 of the third, 7 of the fourth, 2 of the fifth, I of the sixth}

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Auriga as Erichtonius in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).

References

• References (general)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)