Capella (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Capella is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:31, when it reaches an altitude of 9° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:04, 78° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:34, 59° above your north-western horizon.

Name Capella
Object type Star
Other names
Capella
α-Aur
Alpha Aurigae
13-Aur
13 Aurigae
HR 1708[1]
HD 34029
NSV 1897
HIP 24608[3]
Position
Right ascension:05h16m41s [2]
Declination:+45°59'56" [2]
Constellation:Auriga
Magnitude:
Variable
0.08 (V) [2]
Distance:13.1 parsec
42.8 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.80
Proper motion (speed):433.5 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):170.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-0.51

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