Auriga (constellation) as Myrtilus, who was Hermes's son and the charioteer of Oenomaus. The association of Auriga and Myrtilus is supported by depictions of the constellation, which rarely show a chariot. Myrtilus's chariot was destroyed in a race intended for suitors to win the heart of Oenomaus's daughter Hippodamia. Myrtilus earned his position in the sky when Hippodamia's successful suitor, Pelops, killed him, despite his complicity in helping Pelops win her hand. After his death, Myrtilus's father Hermes placed him in the sky. Yet another mythological association of Auriga is Theseus's son Hippolytus. He was ejected from Athens after he refused the
Columba (constellation) from Earth. Columba is the constellation at the solar antapex - the Earth (and Sun) is moving away from its direction as the solar system moves through space. The constellation contains the runaway star μ Columbae, which was probably expelled from the ι Orionis system. Exoplanet NGTS-1b and its star NGTS-1 are in Columba. There is one globular cluster in Columba, 7th-magnitude NGC 1851. It is 39,000 light-years from Earth and is resolvable in medium-sized amateur telescopes.<br> NGC 1792 is a spiral galaxy of magnitude 10.2. NGC 1808 is a Seyfert galaxy of magnitude 10.8. Columba (Chinese astronomy) Columba (constellation)