Capella

Capella 

 Capella is the brightest star in the constellation Auriga, the sixth brightest in the night sky and the third brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus and Vega. Capella is actually a four star system consisting of the bright binary pair Capella A and B, which are orbited by a distant pair of red dwarfs. Capella A and B are post main sequence stars, meaning they have exhausted the supply of hydrogen in their core and have expanded to around 5 times their original size

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History of Name: Capella lies in Auriga, which is sometimes known as the charioteer. The constellation, however, has a mix of legends associated with it. The Greeks and the Romans associated the asterism with chariots, and legends said Auriga was good at training horses and also invented the four-horse chariot.

Auriga was a goatherd and the guiding light for shepherds. It is for this reason that Capella is sometimes referred to as the "Goat Star." Three stars in a triangle nearby are meant to be her children. Its name is derived from the diminutive of the Latin capra "goat", hence "little goat". 

Chemical Make Up:Abundance of Hydrogen, Lithium, Oxygen, Carbon, 
Helium, and Iron
Location in Space: 

Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 5.51, 28.8, 30.4

• Right ascension: 05 hours 15 minutes 41.4 seconds
• Declination: +45 degrees 59 minutes 53 seconds

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Spectrum Analysis:

http://www.umop.net/spctelem.htm

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Stellar Classification: Spectral class: G5
Luminosity Class: III
two type-G giant stars

Resources:

Capella Star - Facts about Capella | Solarsystemquick.com. (n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://www.solarsystemquick.com/universe/capella-star.htm 

Contributor, E. (n.d.). Capella: The Goat Star | Space.com. Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://www.space.com/21989-capella-star.html

Stars. (n.d.). Retrieved October 1, 2015, from http://www.astronoo.com/en/stars.html