Capella (HIP 24608)
Capella is a yellow giant star in the constellation Auriga. At 43 light years away, it is the 6th brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 0.08. Capella is a component of a multiple-star system. The iron abundance of Capella is -0.27 (53.7% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 39.7 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 21,900 and 27,100 light years from the center of the Galaxy. It came closest to the Sun 237,000 years ago when it had brightened to magnitude -0.76 from a distance of 29 light years.
Sky position: RA 5h 16.7m, Dec +46° 0'
