What is the myth, history on earth, and amazing facts about Auriga? (a constellation in the sky)?

I need this is information for my research paper in middle school.What is the myth, history on earth, and amazing facts about Auriga? (a constellation in the sky)?Mythology: There are 2 stories: "the principal star of the constellation, Capella, is Amalthea, the she-goat that nursed the infant Jupiter. Capella, from the Latin for little goat, is known as the “Shepherd's Star.”" AND "Auriga, the Charioteer, represents Neptune himself, riding across the heavens where the hero Perseus, King Cepheus, and the other characters from the Roman myth also can be found. "



History on Earth: First discovered by Ptolemy (who lived from 83-161--so 1st and 2nd century AD)



Facts:

--"Strangely, in China the stars of Auriga were considered the five chariots of the five emperors. These were the star gods whose thrones were in Leo and in Cepheus. The Babylonians also pictured a chariot in this part of the sky."

--" The constellation reaches its highest point in the evening sky in early February."What is the myth, history on earth, and amazing facts about Auriga? (a constellation in the sky)?TONS OF FACTS:

Auriga (the Chariteer)

The yellow dashed lines are constellation boundaries, the red dashed line is the ecliptic, and the shades of blue show Milky Way areas of different brightness. The map contains all Messier objects, except for colliding ones. T

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