Aur

...Abbreviation: Aur. A northern constellation along the Milky Way. This flat pentagonal constellation depicts the figure of King Erichthonius of Athens. He was born lame, but is said to have invented a four-horse chariot and was able to run freely. Alpha Capella means she-goat, and is depicted as being held in his arms. Epsilon is a long-period eclipsing binary star with a period of 27.1 years, and its primary star is a giant star with a diameter several tens of times that of the Sun. The companion star also has a mass several 20 times that of the Sun, but its diameter is considerably smaller based on spectral observations, and it is thought to be a high-density star. ...

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…略号はAur。天の川沿いの北天の星座。平たい五辺形を作るこの星座は，アテナイ王エリクトニオスの姿を描いている。生まれつき足が不自由で，4頭立ての戦車を発明し自在に走り回ったという。α星カペラは雌ヤギという意味で，彼の腕に抱かれた姿が描かれる。ε星は周期27.1年の長周期食連星で，その主星は直径が太陽の数十倍もある巨星である。伴星も太陽の二十数倍の質量をもつが，スペクトル観測からその直径はかなり小さく，高密度の星と考えられている。…

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