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Capella A Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/6/2021
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the posted coordinates... it is on this page... N 53° 48.163' W 112° 45.393'

Star, Alberta

In 1892 John Duncan Campbell settled on the Victoria Trail near Beaver Creek. Across the trail, Ed Knowlton built a store and a post office and named it Edna for his daughter. In 1900, the post office was moved to the Campbell house and renamed Star. In 1905, the hamlet was moved building by building to what is now Lamont.

In 1928 the Canadian Pacific Railway was built 1.5 km north of the original Star. The post office was moved there in 1929, and the new hamlet became Star. The community was a major centre for grain transport, supported three stores and a car dealership.   - Lamont County Website

 

Capella A

The star Capella is prominent on Northern Hemisphere winter evenings. This star is also known as Alpha Aurigae because it’s the brightest point in the constellation Auriga the Charioteer. Plus, Capella is northernmost in the huge asterism, or star pattern, known as the Winter Hexagon. It’s the sixth-brightest star in our night sky (or seventh in all, if you count the sun).

It looks like one star, but it’s really two (and probably more) stars. More about the multiplicity of stars in the Capella system below.

Capella is the Latin word for nanny goat, and this bright star is often called the Goat Star.

- Earthsky.org

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)