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Augiga the Charioteer
Title: Augiga the Charioteer
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 861 | Pages: 3.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Augiga the Charioteer
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 goat (Capella) and her two/three kids in the other.
To find Auriga, first locate Orion. Taurus …showed first 75 words of 861 total…
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that had fed him , Zeus placed the image of the goat into
the stars. Another story tells us that the goat was so very
ugly that it could frighten even the Titans. When Zeus
became an adult, he made a cloak from the hide of this ugly
goat. This was Zeus "aegis" which protected him and
frightened his enemies. There is no explanation of how the
goat became associated with the Chariot Driver.
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