Asterisms · Asterism, also the Kids · 3 stars across Auriga
Asterism
Goatlings
The Kids: three faint stars beside Capella, the goat’s young, one of which vanishes behind a dark disc every 27 years.
- Stars
- Almaaz, Haedus, Saclateni
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Spans
- about 3° of sky
- Highest at midnight
- early December
Science
Almaaz is eclipsed for nearly two years by a huge disc of dust around an unseen companion. The last eclipse was 2009–11.