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Auriga

American  
[aw-rahy-guh] / ɔˈraɪ gə /

noun

Astronomy.
Aurigae genitive
  1. the Charioteer, a northern constellation between Perseus and Gemini, containing the bright star Capella.


Auriga British  
/ ɔːˈraɪɡə /

noun

  1. a conspicuous constellation in the N hemisphere between the Great Bear and Orion, at the edge of the Milky Way. It contains the first magnitude star Capella and the supergiant eclipsing binary star Epsilon Aurigae

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Auriga Scientific  
/ ô-rīgə /
  1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Gemini and Perseus. Auriga (the Charioteer) contains the bright star Capella.


Etymology

Origin of Auriga

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin: charioteer

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“Let me know if it gets to be too much,” the therapist at Capella Singapore’s Auriga Spa said as she ground a copper gua sha tool into my muscles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

And so far, the government has not outlined plans for forest recovery and environmental remediation, said Timer Manurung, executive director of Indonesian environmental group Auriga Nusantara.

From Barron's Feb. 19, 2026

And part of this deforestation can be directly linked to the expansion of Indonesia’s nickel industry, said Timer Manurung, director of Auriga Nusantara, a nongovernmental conservation organization based in Indonesia.

From Seattle Times Apr. 28, 2024

Auriga Services is a private business that provides these vouchers for some suppliers.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2022

Auriga gasped at the sight of the tree.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

The VLT has been used to study AB Aurigae before.

From NewsForKids.net Feb. 28, 2024

To get the pictures, the scientists used a tool known as SPHERE*, which helped them block out the light from AB Aurigae and reveal the area around it.

From NewsForKids.net Feb. 28, 2024

The immense distance from its host star meant that the object was so dim and slow-moving that at first scientists weren't convinced that B Aurigae b was a planet.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2022

The star AB Aurigae is about 2.4 times more massive than our sun and almost 60 times brighter.

From Reuters Apr. 4, 2022

Latitude by b Aurigae 18 degrees 38 minutes 12 seconds. 13th October.

From Journals of Australian Explorations by Gregory, Augustus Charles

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