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Sign in to saveAlso known as Alpha Aurigae, 13 Aurigae, HD 34029, HIP 24608, HIC 24608, HR 1708, Alhajoth, α Aur
Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has the Bayer designation α Aurigae, which is Latinised to Alpha Aurigae and abbreviated Alpha Aur or α Aur. Capella is the sixth-brightest star in the night sky, and the third-brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere after Arcturus and Vega. A prominent object in the northern sky, it is circumpolar to observers north of 44°N. Its name meaning "little goat" in Latin, Capella depicted the goat Amalthea that suckled Zeus in classical mythology. Capella is relatively close, at . It is one of the brightest X-ray source
Capella is the sixth-brightest star visible in Earth's night sky and the third-brightest star for those in the northern hemisphere, located in the constellation Auriga. It is notable for being relatively close to Earth and one of the brightest X-ray sources, and it holds cultural significance as the star traditionally associated with the goat from classical mythology.
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- Part of
- Winter Hexagon
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Distance from Earth
- 13.0
- Variable-star type
- RS Canum Venaticorum variable
- Image
- Auriga constellation map.svg
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- spectral class
- G0
- catalog code
- AG+45 512
- Commons category
- Capella
- apparent magnitude
- -1.78
- right ascension
- 79.172327944
- declination
- 45.997991470
- parallax
- 77.29
- radial velocity
- 31.3
- epoch
- J2000.0
- metallicity
- -0.37
- surface gravity
- 1000
- absolute magnitude
- 0.296
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 76
- declination component of proper motion
- -425
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- effective temperature
- 5272
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