Capella

Alp

Red giant

Its story

Capella is the great yellow giant of Auriga, the sixth-brightest star in the night sky and an unmistakable beacon of the northern hemisphere. About 43 light-years away, its Latin name means «the little she-goat» and Roman skywatchers tied it to Amaltea, the goat who nursed the infant Zeus. Its warm golden glow — in truth a blend of several stars the unaided eye cannot separate — takes barely four decades to reach an observer looking up tonight.

Constellation: Auriga
Apparent magnitude: 0.08
Distance: 42.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 79.172° · Dec 45.998°
Catalogue: HIP 24608 · HD 34029

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