Capella

 

Although it looks like one star to the naked eye Capella is made up of two stars Capella A and Capella B. These stars all wider and emit more light then the sun. Capella is found in the constellation Auriga the Charioteer and is the brightest star in this constellation. A fun fact about Capella is that the word Capella means nanny goat. This is sometimes why Capella is sometimes called the Goat star. To locate the star you can use the Big Dipper where the stars that make up the bowl the constellation point to Capella.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capella

 

Star: Capella

 

Location: Right Ascension: 5 hours 16 minutes 41 seconds

                 Declination: +45 degrees 59' 52.768"

 

Chemical makeup:

Highest abundance of Carbon

High abundance of Lithium

 

Spectrum analysis of lithium:

http://www.hschem.org/Chemistry/Projects/AnalyzingAtomicSpectraAssignment.htm

 

Stellar classification: G5 yellow giant

 

http://en.es-static.us/upl/2009/06/capella.jpeg

 

References:

Capella. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2015, from http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/stars/capella.html

(n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2015, from http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0977

(n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capella