Capella is the brightest star in the constellation Auriga, carrying the Bayer designation Alpha Aurigae, and the sixth-brightest star in the entire night sky, ranking third in the northern celestial hemisphere behind only Arcturus and Vega. Its name means little goat in Latin, recalling the mythological goat Amalthea that suckled Zeus; the system lies a relatively close 42.9 light-years away and is one of the brightest X-ray sources in the sky, radiation thought to come mainly from the corona of its component star Capella Aa.
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Constellation In the Other Atlases
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Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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Capella, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
Capella, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
In Group: Triple and Higher-Order Star Systems, Lead sentence
Although it appears to be a single star to the naked eye, Capella is actually a quadruple star system organized in two binary pairs stars: the primary pair Capella Aa and Capella Ab; and the secondary pair Capella H and Capella L.
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