Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Auriga (constellation)

Auriga (constellation)
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 17, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 10:37, 12 August 2013‎ (UTC)



Auriga is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Its name is the Latin word for "charioteer", associating it with various mythological charioteers including Erichthonius and Myrtilus. Auriga is most prominent during winter evenings in the Northern Hemisphere, along with the five other constellations that have stars in the Winter Hexagon asterism. Because of its northern declination, Auriga is only entirely visible as far as 34° south. A large constellation, with an area of 657 square degrees, it is half the size of the largest constellation, Hydra. Its brightest star, Capella, is an unusual multiple star system among the brightest stars in the night sky. The resultant of its position near the winter Milky Way, Auriga has many bright open clusters in its borders, including M36, M37, and M38, popular targets for amateur astronomers. In addition, it has one prominent nebula, the Flaming Star Nebula. In Chinese mythology, Auriga's stars were incorporated into several constellations, including the celestial emperors' chariots, made up of the modern constellation's brightest stars. 2 points-Widely covered 1 point- Last astronomy-related article featured April 7 (Next available time slot: August 14) 3 points-Total QatarStarsLeague (talk) 22:48, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, as a vital article it scores 4 points rather than 2 points for "widely covered", so total is 5 points. BencherliteTalk 13:44, 6 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Support: the astronomy stuff is always enjoyable to see on the front page, and the picture is cool, too.--Chimino (talk) 19:30, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Support for an interesting subject. The blurb needs a bit of work but that's easy enough to do. Juliancolton (talk) 18:08, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes it does need editing. Praemonitus (talk) 04:53, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Great to see a high quality article about astronomy. Also, SCIENCE! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Y'know, anyone who thinks that the blurb needs editing (e.g. to remove the unnecessary division into two paragraphs, which I've just done) can just do it, rather than leave it for me to do if and when I decide to pick this article... Every little helps. Now it just needs to be cut down to 1,200 characters from 1,326. BencherliteTalk 13:44, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The lead has been trimmed to 1177 characters. This total doesn't include the "Full article" wikilink, should it? QatarStarsLeague (talk) 14:27, 6 August 2013 (UTC)