✧ Auriga

  Auriga is an asterism in Auriga.

                 •⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤●⡀
                 ⡇              ⢳⡀
                 ⡇               ⢳⡀
                 ⡇                ⢳⡀
                ⢠⠇                 ·
                ⢸                  ⠘⡆
                ⢸                   ⢳
                ⢸                   ⠘⡆
                •⢤⣀⡀                 ⢳
                   ⠉⠙⠒⠦⢤⣀            ⠘⡆
                        ⠈⠉⠓⠲⠤⣄⣀       ⢳
                              ⠈⠉⠓⠲⠤⣄⣀ ⠘⡆
                                    ⠈⠉⠓•

  Type            Asterism
  Constellation   Auriga
  Stars           5

  More information about Auriga

  A rough pentagon at the top of which sits Capella, the sixth brightest
  star in the sky. It is nearly overhead on winter evenings from northern
  latitudes. Just below it is a small triangle of faint stars called the
  Kids, which is what Capella hints at: the little she-goat. Auriga is the
  charioteer, and the goats are what he is carrying.

  Etymology
  From        Latin
  Reading     Auriga
  Literally   the charioteer

  The evolution of Auriga over time

  -50,000 years
  
                                                      ⢀⡔● Capella
                                                    ⡠⠖⠁ ⡇
                                                 ⣀⠔⠋    ⢹
                                              ⢀⡤⠊⠁      ⢸
                                            ⡠⠖⠁          ⡇
                                         ⢀⡤⠋             ⢇
                                       ⡠⠖⠁               ⢸
                          Menkalinan •⠋                  ⠘⡄
                                     ⢸                    ⡇
                                     ⠸⡀                   ⢳
                                      ⡇                   ⢸· Hoedus II
                                      ⡇                    ⣇
                                      ⢸                    ⢸⡀
                                      ⢸  Mahasim            ⣇
                                      ⠈•⠒⠤⢄⣀                ⢸⡀
                                           ⠈⠉⠒⠤⢄⣀            ⣇
                                                ⠈⠉⠒⠤⣄⡀       ⠸⡀
                                                     ⠈⠉⠒⠦⣄⡀   ⢇
                                                          ⠈⠉⠒⠦⣼⡀
                                                               • Kabdhilinan
  
  now
  
  
  
  
                            Menkalinan      ⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡤⠤⠤⠤⠤● Capella
                                      ⢰•⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉         ⠘⡄
                                      ⢸                ⠱⡀
                                      ⡸                 ⠱⡀
                                      ⡇                  ⢱
                                      ⡇                   · Hoedus II
                                     ⢰⠁                   ⠘⡄
                                     ⢸                     ⢱⡀
                                     ⣸⣀                     ⢇
                             Mahasim • ⠉⠑⠒⠦⢄⣀⡀              ⠘⡄
                                             ⠉⠉⠒⠢⠤⣄⣀         ⢳
                                                    ⠉⠑⠒⠤⢄⣀⡀  ⠈⣆
                                                          ⠉⠉⠒⠢⠼⠄
                                                               • Kabdhilinan
  
  
  
  
  +50,000 years
  
  
  
  
                                         ⣀ Menkalinan
                                        ⢰•⠑⢤⡀
                                        ⡎   ⠈⠒⢤⡀
                                       ⢰⠁      ⠈⠲⢄
                                       ⡎          ⠙⠲⢄
                                      ⢸      Capella ●⠉⠙⠒⠒· Hoedus II
                                      ⡇                   ⠘⡄
                                     ⣸                     ⠱⡄
                                    ⢀⡇ Mahasim              ⢱
                                    ⠘•⠒⠤⠤⣀⣀⡀                 ⢧
                                           ⠉⠉⠓⠒⠦⠤⢄⣀⡀         ⠈⢇
                                                   ⠈⠉⠉⠒⠒⠤⠤⣀⣀⡀ ⠘⡄
                                                            ⠉⠉⠓• Kabdhilinan
  
  
  
  

  Over 50,000 years either way the longest side of this figure changes by 4%, and the furthest
  any of its stars travels is 6.8 degrees. Menkalinan drifts the opposite way to the other 4,
  which travel together. Proper motion only: this is the shape changing, not the sky turning or
  the pole moving.

  curl 'skymap.sh/Auriga/evolution.gif'

  where it is tonight:  skymap.sh/Auriga