HAEDUS I (Zeta Aurigae). Southwest of Capella (the "she-goat) in Auriga lies a neat triangle of stars, the "Kids.
Finally, the stars Alpha Aurigae, Epsilon Aurigae, Zeta Aurigae, and Eta Aurigae form the charioteer's nose: Eta Aurigae being of the third magnitude.
Reference
* H. A. Rey, The Stars — A New Way To See Them. Enlarged World-Wide Edition.
Epsilon Aurigae and Zeta Aurigae are remarkable eclipsing binaries. Together with Eta Aur, they make up the so-called Kids, an asterism which lies just to the south and slightly ahead of Capella (whose name means the "She-Goat").
The two offspring Amalthaea bore at the same time, also known as the Haedi ("the kids"), are said to be represented by [720] eta and [722] zeta Aurigae, the stars neighbouring Capella.
of Crete and was placed in the sky as a mark of gratitude, along with the two kids she bore at the same time. The kids, frequently known by their Latin name of Haedi (Eriphi in Greek), are represented by the neighbouring stars Eta and Zeta Aurigae.
 See also: Auriga, Capella, Star, Epsilon, Constellation
  
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