Auriga
Position in the Sky
Named Stars
Messier Objects
- M36 (open cluster)
- M37 (open cluster)
- M38 (open cluster)
Auriga was protrayed as a charioteer who was seen carying two to three
children on his arm. He was also known as Erechtheus, son of
Hephaestus (Called Vulcan by the Romans). Hephaestus, who was
crippled as a child, was believed to have invented the chariot for his
who created it so that his son could move him about more easily.
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