Constellation of the northern hemisphere,
represented as a man driving a chariot.
Its brightest star is first-magnitude
Capella about 45 light years from Earth; 
Epsilon Aurigae is an eclipsing binary star,
with a period of 27 years, the longest of 
its kind (last eclipse 1983). The charioteer
is usually identified as Erichthonius,
legendary king of Athens, who invented the 
four-horse chariot.

Subject by: Russell Webb