Coordinates: 05h 16m 41.3591s, 45° 59′ 52.

768″

Capella
Capella, also designated Alpha Aurigae (α Aurigae, abbreviated Alpha
Capella Aa/Ab
Aur, α Aur), is the brightest star in the constellation of Auriga, the sixth-
brightest in the night sky, and the third-brightest in the northern celestial
hemisphere after Arcturus and Vega. A prominent star in the winter sky of
the northern hemisphere, it is circumpolar to observers north of 44°N. Its
name meaning "little goat" in Latin, Capella depicted the goat Amalthea
that suckled Zeus in classical mythology. The Capella system is relatively
close, at only 42.9 light-years (13.2 pc) from the Sun.

Although it appears to be a single star to the naked eye, Capella is actually

a system of four stars in two binary pairs. The first pair consists of two
bright yellow giant stars, both of which are around 2.5 times as massive as
the Sun. They have exhausted their core hydrogen, and cooled and swollen,
moving off the main sequence. Designated Capella Aa and Capella Ab,
they are in a very tight circular orbit some 0.74 astronomical units
(au)[note 2] apart, and orbit each other every 104 days. Capella Aa is the
cooler and more luminous of the two with spectral class K0III; it is 78.7 ±
Capella is the brightest star in Auriga
4.2 times the Sun's luminosity and 11.98 ± 0.57 times its radius.
Observation data
An ageing red clump star, Capella Aa is fusing helium to carbon and Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
oxygen in its core. Ab is slightly smaller and hotter and of spectral class
Constellation Auriga
G1III; it is 72.7 ± 3.6 times as luminous as the Sun and 8.83 ± 0.33 times its
Right ascension 05h 16m 41.35871s[1][note 1]
radius. It is in the Hertzsprung gap, corresponding to a brief subgiant
evolutionary phase as it expands and cools to become a red giant. The Declination +45° 59′ 52.7693″[1][note 1]
Capella system is one of the brightest sources of X-rays in the sky, thought Apparent magnitude (V) +0.08[2] (+0.03 – +0.16[3])
to come primarily from the corona of the more massive giant. The second
Characteristics
pair, around 10,000 au from the first, consists of two faint, small and
U−B color index +0.44[2]
relatively cool red dwarfs. They are designated Capella H and Capella L.
Several other stars in the same visual field have been catalogued as B−V color index +0.80[2]
companions but are physically unrelated. V−R color index −0.3[2]
R−I color index +0.44[2]
Variable type RS CVn[4] (suspected[5])

Contents Aa

Nomenclature Spectral type K0III[6]

Observational history Ab
Multiple status
Spectral type G1III[6]
X-ray source
Visibility
Astrometry

Distance Radial velocity (Rv) +29.9387 ± 0.0032[7] km/s

Components Proper motion (μ) RA: 75.52[1] mas/yr
Bright binary
Dec.: −427.11[1] mas/yr
Companion binary
Visual companions Parallax (π) 76.20 ± 0.46[1] mas
Etymology and cultural significance Distance 42.919 ± 0.049 ly
Namesakes (13.159 ± 0.015[7] pc)
In fiction
Aa
Notes
Absolute magnitude (MV) +0.296[7]
References
Cited texts Ab
 Absolute magnitude (MV) +0.167[7]
Nomenclature
Orbit[7]
α Aurigae (Latinised to Alpha Aurigae) is the star's Bayer designation. It
Period (P) 104.02128 ± 0.00016 d
also has the Flamsteed designation 13 Aurigae. It is listed in several
multiple star catalogues as ADS 3841, CCDM J05168+4559, and WDS Semi-major axis (a) 0.056442 ± 0.000023"
J05167+4600. As a relatively nearby star system, Capella is listed in the (0.74272 ± 0.00069 AU)
Gliese-Jahreiss Catalogue with designations GJ 194 for the bright pair of Eccentricity (e) 0.00089 ± 0.00011
giants and GJ 195 for the faint pair of red dwarfs.
Inclination (i) 137.156 ± 0.046°
The traditional name Capella is Latin for (small) female goat; the Longitude of the node (Ω) 40.522 ± 0.039°
alternative name Capra was more commonly used in classical times.[12] In
Periastron epoch (T) 2448147.6 ± 2.6 JD
2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on
Star Names (WGSN)[13] to catalogue and standardize proper names for
Argument of periastron (ω) 342.6 ± 9.0 JD°
(primary)
stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016[14] included a table of the
first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Semi-amplitude (K1) 25.9611 ± 0.0044 km/s
Capella for this star. It is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star (primary)
Names.[15] The catalogue of star names lists Capella as applying to the star
Semi-amplitude (K2) 26.860 ± 0.0017 km/s
with the designations α Aurigae, HR 1708, HD 34029, and HIP 24608,
(secondary)
which suggests that only the primary component of the Capella system
should receive that name. The IAU's own documentation makes it explicit
Details[7]
that the proper name should strictly only be applied to the visually brightest Metallicity [Fe/H] −0.04 ± 0.06 dex
component. In this case it is somewhat uncertain which of the components
Age 590–650 Myr
.[16]
is the brightest and the IAU list does not specify
Aa
Observational history Mass 2.5687 ± 0.0074 M☉

Capella was the brightest star in the night sky from 210,000 years ago to Radius 11.98 ± 0.57 R☉
160,000 years ago, at about −1.8 in apparent magnitude. At −1.1, Luminosity (bolometric) 78.7 ± 4.2 L☉
Aldebaran was brightest before this period; it and Capella were situated Surface gravity (log g) 2.691 ± 0.041 cgs
rather close to each other in the sky and approximated boreal pole stars at
Temperature 4,970 ± 50 K
the time.[17]
Rotation 104 ± 3 days
Capella is thought to be mentioned in an Akkadian inscription dating to the
Rotational velocity (v sin i) 4.1 ± 0.4 km/s
20th century BC.[18] Its symbolism as a goat dates back to Mesopotamia as
Ab
a constellation called GAM, representing a scimitar or crook. It may have
represented the star alone or the modern constellation as a whole; this Mass 2.4828 ± 0.0067 M☉
figure was alternatively called Gamlum or MUL.GAM in the 7th-century Radius 8.83 ± 0.33 R☉
BC document MUL.APIN. The crook of Auriga stood for a goat-herd or
Luminosity (bolometric) 72.7 ± 3.6 L☉
shepherd. It was formed from most of the stars of the modern constellation;
Surface gravity (log g) 2.941 ± 0.032 cgs
all of the bright stars were included except for Beta Tauri (Elnath),
traditionally assigned to both Taurus and Auriga. Later, Bedouin Temperature 5,730 ± 60 K
astronomers created constellations that were groups of animals, where each Rotation 8.5 ± 0.2 days
star represented one animal. The stars of Auriga comprised a herd of goats,
Rotational velocity (v sin i) 35.0 ± 0.5 km/s
an association also present in Greek mythology.[19] It is sometimes called
the Shepherd's Star in English literature.[20] Capella was seen as a portent
Other designations
of rain in classical times.[21] Alhajoth, Hokulei, α Aurigae, α Aur,
Alpha Aurigae, Alpha Aur, 13 Aurigae,
Building J of the pre-Columbian site Monte Albán in Oaxaca state in 13 Aur, ADS 3841, BD+45 1077, CCDM
Mexico was built around 275 BC, at a different orientation to other J05168+4559, FK5 193, GC 6427, GJ
structures in the complex. Its steps are aligned perpendicular to the rising of 194, HD 34029, HIP 24608, HR 1708,
Capella at that time, so that a person looking out a doorway on the building IDS 05093+4554, LTT 11619, NLTT
would have faced it directly. Capella is significant as its heliacal rising took 14766, PPM 47925, SAO 40186, WDS
place within a day of the Sun passing directly overhead over Monte 05167+4600A.[8][2][9][10][11]
Albán.[22]
Database references
SIMBAD data
Multiple status
 Professor William Wallace Campbell of the Lick Observatory announced that Capella was binary in
1899, based on spectroscopic observations—he noted on photographic plates taken from August
1896 to February 1897 that a second spectrum appeared superimposed over the first, and that there
was a doppler shift to violet in September and October and to red in November and February—
showing that the components were moving toward and away from the Earth (and hence orbiting
each other).[23][24] Almost simultaneously, British astronomer Hugh Newall had observed its
composite spectrum with a four prism spectroscope attached to a 25 inches (64 cm) telescope at
Cambridge in July 1899, concluding that it was abinary star system.[25]

Building J (foreground) atMonte Many observers tried to discern the component stars without success.[26] Known as "The
Albán Interferometrist's Friend", it was first resolved interferometrically in 1919 by John Anderson and
Francis Pease at Mount Wilson Observatory, who published an orbit in 1920 based on their
observations.[27][28] This was the first interferometric measurement of any object outside the Solar
System.[29] A high-precision orbit was published in 1994 based on observations by the Mark III Stellar Interferometer, again at Mount Wilson
Observatory.[30] Capella also became the first astronomical object to be imaged by a separate element optical interferometer when it was imaged by
the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope in September 1995.[31]

In 1914, Finnish astronomer Ragnar Furuhjelm observed that the spectroscopic binary had a faint companion star, which, as its proper motion was
similar to that of the spectroscopic binary, was probably physically bound to it.[32] In February 1936, Carl L. Stearns observed that this companion
appeared to be double itself;[33] this was confirmed in September that year byGerard Kuiper. This pair are designated Capella H and L.[34]

X-ray source
Two Aerobee-Hi rocket flights on September 20, 1962, and March 15, 1963, detected and confirmed an X-ray source in Auriga at RA 05h 09m Dec
+45°, identified as Capella.[35] Stellar X-ray astronomy started on April 5, 1974, with the detection of X-rays from Capella.[36] A rocket flight on
that date briefly calibrated its attitude control system when a star sensor pointed the payload axis at Capella. During this period, X-rays in the range
0.2–1.6 keV were detected by an X-ray reflector system co-aligned with the star sensor.[36] The X-ray luminosity (Lx) of ~1024 W (1031 erg s−1) is
four orders of magnitude above the Sun's X-ray luminosity.[36] Capella's X-rays are thought to be primarily from the corona of the more massive
star.[37] Capella is ROSAT X-ray source 1RXS J051642.2+460001. The high temperature of Capella's corona as obtained from the first coronal X-
[38]
ray spectrum of Capella usingHEAO 1 would require magnetic confinement, unless it is a free-flowing coronal wind.

Visibility
With an apparent magnitude of +0.08, Capella is the brightest star in the constellation
Auriga, the sixth-brightest star in the night sky, the third-brightest star in the northern
celestial hemisphere (after Arcturus and Vega), and the fourth-brightest star visible to the
naked eye from the latitude 40° N. It appears to be a rich yellowish-white colour, although
the yellow colour is more apparent during daylight observation with a telescope, due to the
contrast against the blue sky.[39]

Capella is closer to the north celestial pole than any other first magnitude star.[40][note 3] Its
northern declination is such that it is actually invisible south of latitude 44°S—this includes

Annotated night sky image showingAuriga southernmost New Zealand, Argentina and Chile as well as the Falkland Islands. Conversely
and the Pleiades – Capella is the brightest it is circumpolar north of 44°N: for the whole of the United Kingdom, Canada and the
star, towards top left northernmost United States, the star never sets. Capella and Vega are on opposite sides of
the pole, at about the same distance from it, such that an imaginary line between the two
stars will nearly pass through Polaris.[41] Visible halfway between the Belt of Orion and
Polaris, Capella is at its highest in the night sky at midnight in early December and is regarded as a prominent star of the winter sky in the northern
hemisphere.[42]

A few degrees to the southwest of Capella lie three stars Epsilon, Zeta, and Eta Aurigae, the latter two of which are known as "The Kids", or Haedi.
The four form a familiar pattern, orasterism, in the sky.[43]

Distance
Based on an annual parallax shift of 76.20 milliarcseconds (with a margin of error of 0.46 milliarcseconds) as measured by the Hipparcos satellite,
this system is estimated to be 42.8 light-years (13.12 parsecs) from Earth, with a margin of error of 0.3 light-years (0.09 parsecs).[1] An alternative
method to determine the distance is via the orbital parallax, which gives a distance of 42.92 light-years (13.159 parsecs) with a margin of error of
only 0.1%.[7] Capella is estimated to have been a little closer to the Solar System in the past, passing within 29 light-years distant around 237,000
years ago.[44] At this range, it would have shone at apparent magnitude −0.82.
[45]

In a 1960 paper, American astronomer Olin J. Eggen concluded that Capella was a member of the Hyades moving group, a group of stars moving in
the same direction as theHyades cluster, after analysing its proper motion and parallax. Members of the group are of a similar age, and those that are
around 2.5 times as massive as the Sun have moved off the main sequence after exhausting their core hydrogen reserves and are expanding and
cooling into red giants.[2][46]

Components
There are several stars within a few arc minutes of Capella and some have been listed as
companions in various multiple star catalogues. The Washington Double Star Catalog lists
components A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, Q, and R, with A being the naked-eye
star. Most are only line-of-sight companions,[47] but the close pair of red dwarfs H and L are
at the same distance as the bright component A and moving through space along with it.[48]
Capella A is itself a spectroscopic binary with components Aa and Ab, both giants. The pair
of giants is separated from the pair of red dwarfs by 723".[7] American astronomer Robert
Burnham Jr. described a scale model of the system where Capella A was represented by
spheres 13 and 7 inches across, separated by ten feet. The red dwarfs were then each 0.7 Capella components comparison with the
inches across and they were separated by 420 feet. At this scale, the two pairs are 21 miles Sun
apart.[49]

Bright binary
Capella A consists of two yellow evolved stars that have been calculated to orbit each other every 104.02128 ± 0.00016 days, with a semimajor axis
of 111.11 ± 0.10 million km (0.74272 ± 0.00069 au), roughly the distance between Venus and the Sun. The pair is a non-eclipsing binary—that is, as
seen from Earth, neither star passes in front of the other. The orbit is known extremely accurately and can be used to derive an orbital parallax with
far better precision than the one measured directly. The stars are not near enough to each other for the Roche lobe of either star to have been filled
and any significant mass transfer to have taken place, even during thered giant stage of the primary star.[7]

Modern convention designates the cooler star as component Aa and its spectral type has been usually measured between G2 and K0. The hotter
secondary Ab has been given various spectral types of late (cooler) F or early (warmer) G. The MK spectral types of the two stars have been
measured a number of times, and they are both consistently assigned a luminosity class of III indicating a giant star.[50] The composite spectrum
appears to be dominated by the primary star due to its sharper absorption lines; the lines from the secondary are broadened and blurred by its rapid
rotation.[26] The most recent specific published types are K0III and G1III,[6] although older values are still widely quoted such as G5IIIe + G0III
from the Bright Star Catalogue[2] or G8III + G0III by Eggen.[46] Where the context is clear, these two components have been referred to as A and
B.[51]

The individual apparent magnitudes of the two component stars cannot be directly measured, but their relative brightness has been measured at
various wavelengths. They have very nearly equal brightness in the visible light spectrum, with the hotter secondary component generally being
found to be a few tenths of a magnitude brighter.[7] A 2016 measurement gives the magnitude difference between the two stars at a wavelength of
700 nm as 0.00 ± 0.1.[52]

The physical properties of the two stars can be determined with high accuracy. The masses are derived directly from the orbital solution, with Aa
being 2.5687 ± 0.0074 M☉ and Ab being 2.4828 ± 0.0067 M☉. Their angular radii have been directly measured; in combination with the very
accurate distance, this gives 11.98 ± 0.57 R☉ and 8.83 ± 0.33 R☉ for Aa and Ab respectively. Their surface temperatures can be calculated by
comparison of observed and synthetic spectra, direct measurement of their angular diameters and brightnesses, calibration against their observed
colour indices, and disentangling of high resolution spectra. Weighted averages of these four methods give 4,970 ± 50 K for Aa and 5,730 ± 60 for
Ab. Their bolometric luminosities are most accurately derived from their apparent magnitudes and bolometric corrections, but are confirmed by
calculation from the temperatures and radii of the stars. Aa is 78.7 ± 4.2 times as luminous as the Sun and Ab 72.7 ± 3.6 times as luminous, so the
star defined as the primary component is the more luminous when all wavelengths are considered but very slightly less bright at visual
wavelengths.[7]
 Estimated to be 590 to 650 million years old,[7] the stars were probably at the hot end of
spectral class A during their main sequence lifetime, similar to Vega. They have now
exhausted their core hydrogen and evolved off the main sequence, their outer layers
expanding and cooling.[53] Despite the giant luminosity class, the secondary component is
very clearly within the Hertzsprung gap on the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, still
expanding and cooling towards the red giant branch, making it a subgiant in evolutionary
terms. The more massive primary has already passed through this stage, when it reached a
maximum radius of 36 to 38 times that of the Sun. It is now a red clump star which is fusing
helium to carbon and oxygen in its core, a process that has not yet begun for the less massive
star. Detailed analysis shows that it is nearing the end of this stage and starting to expand
again which will lead it to the asymptotic giant branch. Isotope abundances[note 4] and spin
rates confirm this evolutionary difference between the two stars. Heavy element abundances
H-R diagram show an evolutionary track for are broadly comparable to those of the Sun and the overall metallicity is slightly less than
a star of approximately the mass of the two the Sun's.[26]
Capella giants. The current states of
Capella Aa and Ab are marked. The rotational period of each star can be measured by observing periodic variations in the
doppler shifts of their spectral lines. The absolute rotational velocities of the two stars are
known from their inclinations, rotation periods, and sizes, but the projected equatorial
rotational velocities measured using doppler broadening of spectral lines are a standard measure and these are generally quoted.[26] Capella Aa has a
projected rotational velocity of 4.1±0.4 km per second, taking 104 ± 3 days to complete one rotation, while Capella Ab spins much more rapidly at
35.0±0.5 km per second, completing a full rotation in only 8.5 ± 0.2 days. Rotational braking occurs in all stars when they expand into giants, and
binary stars are also tidally braked. Capella Aa has slowed until it is rotationally locked to the orbital period, although theory predicts that it should
.[7]
still be rotating more quickly from a starting point of a rapidly-spinning main sequence A star

Capella has long been suspected to be slightly variable. Its amplitude of about 0.1 magnitudes means that it may at times be brighter or fainter than
both Rigel and Vega, which are also slightly variable. The system has been classified as an RS Canum Venaticorum variable,[4] a class of binary stars
with active chromospheres that cause huge starspots, but it is still only listed as a suspected variable in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars.[5]
Unusually for RS CVn systems, the hotter star, Capella Ab, has the more active atmosphere because it is located in the Hertzsprung gap—a stage
where it is changing its angular momentum and deepening itsconvection zone.[51]

The active atmospheres and closeness of these stars means that they are among the brightest X-ray sources in the sky. However the X-ray emission is
due to stable coronal structures and not eruptive flaring activity. Coronal loops larger than the Sun and with temperatures of several million K are
[54]
likely to be responsible for the majority of the X-rays.

Companion binary
The seventh companion published for Capella, and the most distant, is the only
Capella HL [48]
one physically associated with the bright primary star. Thus it is also a member
of the Hyades Moving Group. It is named as component H and is a red dwarf Observation data
Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
separated from the pair of G-type giants by a distance of around 10,000 AU.[48]
It has its own close companion, an even fainter red dwarf that was 1.8" away Constellation Auriga
when it was discovered in 1935. Eighty years later the separation had increased H
to 3.5", sufficient to allow tentative orbital parameters to be derived. It is
Right ascension 05h 17m 23.728s[55]
component L in double star catalogues.[7][68] The Gliese-Jahreiss Catalogue of
nearby stars designates the binary system as GJ 195. The two components are Declination +45° 50′ 22.97″[55]
then referred to individually as GJ 195 A and B.[11] Apparent magnitude (V) 10.16[56]
L
The two stars are reported to have a 3.5 visual magnitude difference, although
the difference is much smaller at infrared wavelengths. This is unexpected and Right ascension 05h 17m 23.943s[57]
may indicate further unseen companions.[7] The mass of the stars can be Declination +45° 50′ 19.84″[57]
determined from the orbital motion, but uncertainties in the orbit have led to
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.7[58]
widely varying results. In 1975, an eccentric 388 year orbit gave masses of
Characteristics
0.65 M☉ and 0.13 M☉.[68] A smaller near-circular orbit published in 2015 had
a 300-year orbit and gave masses of 0.57 M☉ and 0.53 M☉ respectively for GJ H
195 A and B.[7] Evolutionary stage Red dwarf
Spectral type M2.5 V[59]
Visual companions U−B color index 1.24[11]

Six visual companions to Capella were discovered before Capella H and are B−V color index 1.50[60]
generally known only as Capella B through G. None are thought to be R−I color index 0.91[60]
physically associated with Capella although all appear closer in the sky than the
L
HL pair.[49]
Evolutionary stage Red dwarf
Spectral type M4:[61]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (Rv) 31.63 ± 0.14[7] km/s

Proper motion (μ) RA: 58.5[55] mas/yr
Dec.: −410.0[55] mas/yr
Parallax (π) 77.3 ± 1.55[62] mas
Distance 42.2 ± 0.8 ly
(12.9 ± 0.3 pc)

H
Absolute magnitude (MV) 9.53[63]
L
Absolute magnitude (MV) 13.1[64]
Orbit[7]
Period (P) 300 yr
Semi-major axis (a) 3.5"
(40 AU[65])
Eccentricity (e) 0.75
Inclination (i) 52°
Longitude of the node (Ω) 288°
Periastron epoch (T) 2220
Argument of periastron (ω) 88°
(secondary)

Details
H
Mass 0.57[7] [65] M☉
Radius 0.54 ± 0.03[63] R☉
Luminosity (bolometric) 0.05[63] L☉
Surface gravity (log g) 4.7–4.8[63] cgs
Temperature 3,700 ± 150[63] K
Metallicity [Fe/H] +0.1[63] dex
L
Mass 0.53[7] M☉
Other designations
GJ 195[11]
H: ADS 3841 H, CCDM J05168+4559H, WDS
05167+4600H, G 96-29, LTT 11622, NLTT 14788,
PPM 47938, 2MASS J05172386+4550229[66]
L: ADS 3841 L, CCDM J05168+4559L, WDS
05167+4600L, VVO 238, 2MASS
J05172394+4550198[67]
 Database references
SIMBAD Capella H
Capella L

Multiple/double star designation: WDS 05167+4600[10]

Position
Declination Angular
Right Epoch of angle Apparent
(δ) distance Database
Component Primary ascension (α) observed (relative magnitude
Equinox from reference
Equinox J2000.0 separation to (V)
J2000.0 primary
primary)
B A 05h 16m 42.7s +46° 00′ 55″ 1898 46.6″ 23° 17.1
C A 05h 16m 35.9s +46° 01′ 12″ 1878 78.2″ 318° 15.1
D A 05h 16m 40.1s +45° 58′ 07″ 1878 126.2″ 183° 13.6
E A 05h 16.5m +46° 02′ 1908 154.1″ 319° 12.1
F A 05h 16m 48.748s +45° 58′ 30.84″ 1999 112.0″ 137° 10.21 SIMBAD
G A 05h 16m 31.852s +46° 08′ 27.42″ 2003 522.4″ 349° 8.10 SIMBAD
Component F is also known as TYC 3358-3142-1. It is listed with a spectral type of K[69] although it is included in a catalogue of OB stars as a
distant luminous star.[70]

Component G is BD+45 1076, with a spectral type of F0,[69] at a distance of 401 light-years (123 parsecs).[71] It is identified as a variable member
.[72] It is known to be a X-ray source with an
of the Guide Star Catalogue from Chandra observations although it is not known what type of variability
active corona.[71]

Several other stars have also been catalogued as companions to Capella.[10] Components I, Q, and R are 13th magnitude stars at distances of 92",
133", and 134".[73] V538 Aurigae and its close companion HD 233153 are red dwarfs ten degrees away from Capella; they have very similar space
motions but the small difference makes it possible that this is just a coincidence.[74] Two faint stars have been discovered by speckle imaging in the
Capella HL field, around 10" distant from that pair. These have been catalogued as Capella O and P. It is not known whether they are physically
associated with the red dwarf binary.[75]

Etymology and cultural significance

Capella traditionally marks the left shoulder of the constellation's eponymous charioteer, or, according to the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy's
Almagest, the goat that the charioteer is carrying. In Bayer's 1603 work Uranometria, Capella marks the charioteer's back.[76] The three Haedi had
been identified as a separate constellation by Pliny the Elder and Manilius, and were called Capra, Caper, or Hircus, all of which relate to its status
as the "goat star".[21] Ptolemy merged the Charioteer and the Goats in the 2nd ecntury Almagest.[77]

In Greek mythology, the star represented the goat Amalthea that suckled Zeus. It was this goat whose horn, after accidentally being broken off by
Zeus, was transformed into the Cornucopia, or "horn of plenty", which would be filled with whatever its owner desired.[18] Though most often
associated with Amalthea, Capella has sometimes been associated with Amalthea's owner, a nymph. The myth of the nymph says that the goat's
hideous appearance, resembling a Gorgon, was partially responsible for theTitans' defeat, after Zeus skinned the goat and wore it as hisaegis.[78]

In medieval accounts, it bore the uncommon name Alhajoth (also spelled Alhaior, Althaiot, Alhaiset, Alhatod, Alhojet, Alanac, Alanat, Alioc), which
(especially the last) may be a corruption of its Arabic name, ‫اﻟﻌﻴﻮق‬, al-cayyūq.[79] cAyyūq has no clear significance in Arabic,[80] but may be an
Arabized form of the Greek αίξ aiks "goat"; cf. the modern Greek Αίγα Aiga, the feminine of goat.[79] To the Bedouin of the Negev and Sinai,
Capella al-'Ayyūq ath-Thurayyā "Capella of the Pleiades", from its role as pointing out the position of that asterism.[81] Another name in Arabic was
Al-Rākib "the driver", a translation of the Greek.[79]

To the ancient Balts, Capella was known as Perkūno Ožka "Thunder's Goat", or Tikutis.[82] Conversely in Slavic Macedonian folklore, Capella was
[83]
Jastreb "the hawk", flying high above and ready to pounce on Mother Hen (the Pleiades) and the Rooster (Nath).

Astrologically, Capella portends civic andmilitary honors and wealth.[20] In the Middle Ages, it was considered a Behenian fixed star, with the stone
sapphire and the plants horehound, mint, mugwort, and mandrake as attributes. Cornelius Agrippa listed its kabbalistic sign with the name
Hircus (Latin for goat).[84][85]

In Hindu mythology, Capella was seen as the heart of Brahma, Brahma Hṛdaya.[20] In traditional Chinese astronomy, Capella was part of the
asterism 五 車 (Wŭ chē; English: Five Chariots), which consisted of Capella together with Beta, Iota, and Theta Aurigae, as well as Beta
Tauri.[86][87] Since it was the second star in this asterism, it has the name五車二 (Wŭ chē èr; English: Second of the Five Chariots).[88]
In Quechua it was known as Colça;[20] the Incas held the star in high regard.[89] The Hawaiians saw Capella as part of an asterism Ke ka o Makali'i
("The canoe bailer of Makali'i") that helped them navigate at sea. Called Hoku-lei "star wreath", it formed this asterism with Procyon, Sirius, Castor
and Pollux.[9] In Tahitian folklore, Capella was Tahi-ari'i, the wife of Fa'a-nui (Auriga) and mother of prince Ta'urua (Venus) who sails his canoe
across the sky.[90] In Inuit astronomy, Capella, along with Menkalinan (Beta Aurigae), Pollux (Beta Geminorum) and Castor (Alpha Geminorum),
formed a constellation Quturjuuk, "collar-bones", the two pairs of stars denoting a bone each. Used for navigation and time-keeping at night, the
constellation was recognised from Alaska to western Greenland.[91] The Gwich'in saw Capella and Menkalinan has forming shreets'ą įį vidzee, the
right ear of the large circumpolar constellation Yahdii, which covered much of the night sky, and whose orientation facilitated navigation and
timekeeping.[92]

In Australian Aboriginal mythology for the Boorong people of Victoria, Capella was Purra, the kangaroo, pursued and killed by the nearby Gemini
twins, Yurree (Castor) and Wanjel (Pollux).[93] The Wardaman people of northern Australia knew the star as Yagalal, a ceremonial fish scale, related
to Guwamba the barramundi (Aldebaran).[94]

Namesakes
Capella, a lunar crater to the north of theMare Nectaris, not named after the star
USS Capella (AK-13) and USNS Capella (T-AKR-293), both United States Navy ships
Mazda Capella, a model of automobile manufactured byMazda

In fiction
"Friday's Child" a 1967 episode of Star Trek: The Original Series written by D.C. Fontana is set on the fictional planet Capella IV.[95] Dr McCoy
reports having lived on the planet and being familiar with its culture.[96] The highly regarded 1972 novel The Listeners involves an SETI-like
[97][98]
program on Earth in communication with an alien civilization in the Capella system.

Notes
1. Pertains to the center of mass of the Capella Aa/Ab binary system. See
Volume 1, The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues (https://w
ww.cosmos.esa.int/documents/532822/552851/vol1_all.pdf), European Space Agency, 1997, §2.3.4, and the entry (http://vizier.u-st
rasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-S?HIP%2024608)in the Hipparcos catalogue (CDS ID I/239 (http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?I/239).)
2. the distance between the Earth and the Sun is one astronomical unit
3. Polaris is only second magnitude.
4. The lithium abundance, C12/C13 ratio and C/N ratio have all declined in Capella Aa but not in Capella Ab.

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